…Adjourns hearing to May 5, 20 and June 3

By Olayinka Ajayi

The Coroner’s Court of Lagos, held at the Igbosere before Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji, has urged all interested parties to work together to find a way forward on the actual cause of late Nkanu Nnamdi, son of Chimamanda Adichie who passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 21 months old after a brief illness.

Justice Adetunji, who adjourned the hearing to May 5, May 20, and June 3, 2026, in his submission reminded counsel representing each party that “a coroner’s inquest is fundamentally an inquisitorial process, not an adversarial one.”

Adetunji further urged all parties to file their written witness testament before the next hearing date.

She explained that it is a fact-finding, public investigation into the circumstances of a death, rather than a trial aimed at determining guilt or liability.’

She said, “Coroner proceedings are a question of who and what happened; you are not to be pointing accusing fingers at who started it. I want us to come together and work together.

“When Eurocare came, they came with their hands up, saying that they don’t have anything to hide. They made a request to the chief coroner. The main thing is each side saying what transpired.

“I want us to be conscious that we are here as stakeholders. There’s no medical facility represented here that would be excited at what transpired. And we are here to move forward from what transpired. We are all mourning.”