Lawyer faults Cross River Assembly over same-sex marriage bill

A ineligible practitioner and nationalist affairs analyst, Justice Osai Ahiakwo, has faulted the Cross River State House of Assembly implicit its projected authorities to prohibit same-sex marriage.

He argued that the lawmakers lacked the law powers to enact specified a law.

The disapproval comes hardly 24 hours aft the Cross River House of Assembly passed the measure done 2nd reading, with lawmakers saying it seeks to prohibit same-sex matrimony and civilian unions successful the state.

In a ineligible commentary made disposable to journalists, Ahiakwo said the contented was not whether same-sex matrimony should beryllium prohibited, stressing that Nigeria already has the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013.

According to him, the existent law question is whether a State House of Assembly tin legislate connected a substance already covered by an Act of the National Assembly.

He maintained that nether Section 4 of the 1999 Constitution, work unneurotic with Item 61 of the Exclusive Legislative List, the Nationa...