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The presiding judge, Justice Lateefa
Okunnu held that the application
was premature and lacking in merit.
She said: “I find therefore the
present application lacks merit and
has failed in its entirety. It is
accordingly dismissed.”
On whether Coroner Inquest can be
sued or can sue, Justice Okunnu said
that although the coroner’s court
cannot be sued, but the Coroner
Judge, Chief Magistrate Oyetade
Komolafe can be sued in his capacity
as a coroner.
Delivering her ruling, Justice Okunnu
further held that the court needed
to resolve the issue whether the
coroner has acted contrary to the
rules of natural justice by not
granting the applicants a fair
hearing and whether he has
exceeded the scope of a coroner’s
court.
According to her: “Sections 26 and
27 of the Coroner’s System Law of
Lagos State 2007, empowered the
Coroner to summon any witness to
assist him in his fact-finding
mission. There was nothing unusual
in the summons extended to
Joshua.” The judge said there was no
evidence before the court that the
Coroner had been biased against the
applicant and therefore dismissed
the suggestion.
She also held that the coroner judge
had the prerogative to take evidence
from any witness he deemed
relevant to reaching his conclusions.
The applicants (SCOAN and Joshua)
had dragged the coroner’s court and
the coroner, (Komolafe) before
JusticeOkunnu asking for a judicial
review of the proceedings.
Their counsel, Chief Lateef Fagbemi
(SAN), had asked the court to
determine whether the witness
summons served on Joshua to
appear before the coroner did not
constitute an infringement on his
right to fair hearing.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/t-b-joshua-loses-bid-to-halt-coroner-inquest/

Justice over nonsense.

I hope that they do a thorough job and that the responsible parties are dealt with.

mmsen:
Justice over nonsense.

I hope that they do a thorough job and that the responsible parties are dealt with.

Exactly