The Lagos State Government has ordered a coroner’s inquest to investigate death of late Bimbo, the wife of auto dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, popularly known as IVD.
Bimbo s death on October 15, 2022 became an major controversy especially online with people debating what caused her death. This is even as they were allegations that she died as a result of injuries from a fire in her home.
But in a statement on Tuesday, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, assured that a detailed investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of death.
He added that the findings of the investigation would be made public and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.
The statement read in part: “A Coroner’s Inquest has immediately been requested, in line with sections 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.”
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