The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has been dragged to the Court LGBT activist, Pamela Adie who served an update on the lawsuit, said Adie insisted that the refusal of the CAC to register her non-profit She tweeted;
NOTICE OF APPEAL FILED IN THE CASE OF PAMELA ADIE vs. CAC Background: I felt this was an infringement of my constitutional Right to Freedom In the same year, the Honorable court delivered a judgment in favor As law abiding citizens of this great country, Nigeria, we are I thank everyone who has supported our pursuit for justice and
of Appeal by the Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiative over its
refusal to register the non-profit organisation.
she and her team decided to appeal the federal high court judgement
which struck out their lawsuit against the CAC.
organization on grounds of being offensive, is an infringement of her
constitutional right to freedom of association.
As some of you may be aware, I applied to register a nonprofit called
Lesbian Equality & Empowerment Initiative(LEEI) but was denied by
the Nigerian govt. agency, Corporate Affairs Commission(CAC), because it
said “Lesbian” was offensive.
of Association. My team and I filed a suit against CAC in 2018 at the
Federal High Court, Abuja.
of CAC and cited the discriminatory Section 4 of the Same Sex
Marriage(Prohibition) Act of 2013 as a reason for denial of my
constitutional right to Freedom of Association.
pursuing all available legal options and have filed a notice of appeal
at the Federal Court of Appeal in Abuja, Nigeria. This marks the
beginning of the appeal process.
fairness as we follow due process to ensure that the constitutionally
guaranteed right to Freedom of Association is enjoyed by EVERY Nigerian.
Thank you. – Pamela Adie