June 8, 2026
By Henry Ojelu, LAGOS
The Attorney-General of Lagos State, Lawal Pedro, SAN, alongside the Chief Coroner of Lagos State and the presiding Coroner for the Lagos Coroner’s District Court, have filed a preliminary objection challenging the competence of a suit instituted by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited seeking to stop an ongoing coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, son of renowned author Chimamanda Adichie and Dr Ivara Esege.
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The objection dated June 5, 2026, was filed in response to a judicial review application brought by Eurapharma Care Services, operators of a hospital in Victoria Island where the child reportedly died on January 7, 2026.
