Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, have asked the Lagos State High Court, Osborne Foreshore Estate Phase II in Ikoyi to dismiss a suit by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited seeking to stop the coroner's inquest into the death of their son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege.

The 21-month-old twin died in January under controversial circumstances at Eurapharma's Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The couple, through their lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), argued that Eurapharma's application was premature because the coroner had not made any decision that could be challenged by way of judicial review.

The senior lawyer made his submissio...