The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an ex parte application authorizing the initiation of committal proceedings against Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior.
The plaintiffs, represented by lawyer Roger Adedimeji, are seeking an order imprisoning the minister for alleged disobedience to a December 8, 2021 court judgment prohibiting the Ministry of Interior from managing the Federal Marriage Registry, Imo State, and others.
According to the plaintiffs, after the bailiff of the court shut the Federal Marriage Registry, Imo State, as ordered by the court, officials from the Ministry of Interior went to unseal the facility and resume their operations.
The plaintiffs are Eti-Osa Local Government Council of Lagos State; Egor Local Government Council of Edo State; Owerri Municipal Local Government Council Imo State; and Port Harcourt City Local Government Council Rivers State.
Listed as defendants were the Minister of Interior, Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and a contractor, Anchor Dataware Solutions Limited.
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In their ex parte application taken before Justice Daniel Osiagor on July 8, 2022, the plaintiffs prayed the court “for an order of committal to prison of the 1st defendant (Aregbesola), having disobeyed the order of this honourable court made on December, 8,2021, compelling him to stop contracting federal marriage registry in the marriage district (local government councils) except the Ikoyi and Abuja Federal Marriage Registry.”
After listening to the plaintiffs’ counsel, Justice Osiagor granted leave to the four local government councils to commence committal proceedings against Aregbesola.
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