Lawal Pedro (SAN), the Attorney-General of Lagos State, the Chief Coroner of Lagos State, and the Coroner have asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited. The hospital is seeking to stop the ongoing coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, the son of acclaimed author Chimamanda Adichie and Dr Ivara Esege.
The state officials argue that the lawsuit is not legally valid and should not be allowed to proceed.
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.
The hospital had secured an interim order from the Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne, Ikoyi, presided over by Justice A.O. Opesanwo, staying proceedings in the coroner’s inquest pending the determination of its substantive application.
In the suit, the hospital is seeking orders of Certiorari– where a court order allows a higher court to review and, if necessary, cancel or overturn the decision or proceedings of a lower court, tribunal, or public authority, to quash the Coroner’s Court’s decisions and to restrain further proceedings in the inquest.
