Chimamanda’s son: Court rejects Euracare bid to stop inquest

The Lagos State High Court in Ikoyi rejected Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital's application to halt the coroner's inquest into the death of Chimamanda Adichie's son, Nkanu Esege. Justice Aishat Opesanwo ruled that the coroner was legally obligated to conduct the inquest, and cremation of the deceased's body did not invalidate the inquiry.

The judge emphasized that the inquest was a statutory fact-finding exercise, not an adversarial trial. Euracare challenged the jurisdiction of the coroner, arguing that the absence of the deceased's body within the coroner's district deprived the coroner of authority to conduct the inquest. However, the court held that the coroner's jurisdiction arose from statutory conditions surrounding the reported death and was not invalidated by the cremation of the body.