Nigeria, Oct. 12 -- A Lagos State High Court has dismissed Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital's attempt to stop an ongoing coroner's inquest into the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the son of renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie.

Nkanu, 21 months old, died in January at the hospital in circumstances that have raised questions and prompted a coroner's inquest.

Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Aishat Opesanwo struck out the hospital's originating motion for writs of Certiorari and Prohibition, Channels Television reported.

The ruling followed an objection by Ms Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, who asked the court to dismiss the suit two weeks earlier.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the couple's lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro, argu...