All Nigerian Pastors Stand a Risk of Spending 5 Years in Jail If... - Ministry of Interior Speaks on Church Marriages
Nigerian pastors have been warned by the Ministry of Interior that wedding couples without registration can land them in prison for five years. The Ministry of Interior issued this warning recently as it reinstated its statutory power to register marriages according to the Marriage Act. According to Leadershp, a Registrar of Marriages at the Ministry of Interior, Pastor Oladele Temilade disclosed this Thursday in Abuja at the launch of his book, “Companion On Contracting Valid Statutory Marraiges In Nigeria” adding that many pastors have been acting in ignorance. He said, “When a church contracts marriage, in fact, pastors we need to know, if they should carry out marriage for couples not supported by legal requirements, that pastor will go for five years imprisonment by the laws governing this country but they don’t know.” “My advice is that intending couples should first go the marriage registry near to them and register even if they want to do i