The Lagos state government has ordered a coroner’s inquest into the cause of death of Bimbo Ogbonna, the late wife of celebrity car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna.
Bimbo died on the 15th of October from burns sustained during an alleged domestic violence incident at their home in Lekki, Lagos.
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, gave the directive for the coroner inquest in a statement released on Tuesday, October 25.
He asserted that a thorough investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of Bimbo’s death.
The commissioner noted that as a government, the security and well-being of citizens were of utmost importance.
He also assured the public that everything will be done to ensure that the cause of death is known.
The government representative also promised that the findings of the investigation would be made public and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.
Justice Onigbanjo said: “A coroner’s inquest has immediately been requested, in line with Section 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.
“By Section 14(1) (d) of the Coroners’ System Law of the State: “A report of death shall be made to any of the agencies for the report of death or the office of the Coroner and be subject to post-mortem examination where there is reasonable cause to believe that the cause of death was: violent, unnatural or suspicious.
“Section 15(1) and (9) further enjoins the Coroner to hold an inquest whenever he or she is informed that the death of the deceased person was in a violent, unnatural or suspicious situation or believes an inquest is desirable following the report of a reportable death”
The attorney-general also charged the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, to assist the Police and other law enforcement agencies in investigating the entire case and ascertaining the cause of death of the late housewife.
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