Chief Coroner calls on families to identify missing persons at Lagos Mortuary

Mojisola Dada, the Lagos State Chief Coroner, has called on members of the public whose family members are missing to contact the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The hours of visit are between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the next two weeks. The Chief Coroner, in the public announcement, said the directive is pursuant to Section 15 of the Coroner’s System Law of Lagos State 2015.

A chief coroner is a government official, often a judge, who has the powers to conduct an inquest into the cause of death of unknown persons that died within his state, and also confirm their identity. According to law, a chief coroner investigates “suspicious death” that takes place within his or her locality and subsequent prosecution of persons responsible for the death.

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