Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed a
suit challenging non-registration of a same sex group by the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC), for lacking in merit. The plaintiff, Pamela
Adie, in the court papers, said that sometime in October 2017, she
founded the “Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiatives” whose
objective was primarily to advocate for the rights of same sex sexual
orientation people but that her quest to register the association at the
CAC, through her counsel, Fajenyo Kayode, was declined. She then filed a
motion challenging the decision of the commission to decline the
registration of the association. In his judgment which was delivered
last Friday November 16th, Justice Dimgba held that the decision of CAC
refusing to register the group was in compliance with 30 (1) (c) of the
Companies And Allied Matters Act (CAMA) Cap C20 Laws of Federation of
Nigeria 2004.“It is my view that where either the proposed name of the
company or its aims and objectives are caught by the provisions of
Section 30 (1) (c) of CAMA, the respondent is duly empowered to reject
such an application for reservation of name or registration as it has
done in this case. “Section 30 (1) (c) of CAMA reads: “No company shall
be registered under this Act by a name which- (c) in the opinion of the
Commission is capable of being misleading as to the nature or extent of
its activities or is undesirable, offensive or otherwise contrary to
public policy.” the judge saidRecall that in January 2014, the Anti-Gay
law which proffers 14-year jail term for anyone caught in any act of
same sex, was assented to by former president Goodluck Jonathan.The post
Court rejects suit seeking registration of lesbian group in Nigeria Court rejects suit seeking registration of lesbian group in Nigeria
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed a
suit challenging non-registration of a same sex group by the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC), for lacking in merit. The plaintiff, Pamela
Adie, in the court papers, said that sometime in October 2017, she
founded the “Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiatives” whose
objective was primarily to advocate for the rights of same sex sexual
orientation people but that her quest to register the association at the
CAC, through her counsel, Fajenyo Kayode, was declined. She then filed a
motion challenging the decision of the commission to decline the
registration of the association. In his judgment which was delivered
last Friday November 16th, Justice Dimgba held that the decision of CAC
refusing to register the group was in compliance with 30 (1) (c) of the
Companies And Allied Matters Act (CAMA) Cap C20 Laws of Federation of
Nigeria 2004.“It is my view that where either the proposed name of the
company or its aims and objectives are caught by the provisions of
Section 30 (1) (c) of CAMA, the respondent is duly empowered to reject
such an application for reservation of name or registration as it has
done in this case. “Section 30 (1) (c) of CAMA reads: “No company shall
be registered under this Act by a name which- (c) in the opinion of the
Commission is capable of being misleading as to the nature or extent of
its activities or is undesirable, offensive or otherwise contrary to
public policy.” the judge saidRecall that in January 2014, the Anti-Gay
law which proffers 14-year jail term for anyone caught in any act of
same sex, was assented to by former president Goodluck Jonathan.The post
Court rejects suit seeking registration of lesbian group in Nigeria 
