Lagos State Government Takes Action On Death Of IVD’s Wife, Bimbo Ogbonna

The Lagos State Government has ordered a coroner’s inquest to determine the cause of the tragic death of Bimbo Ogbonna, wife of Ikechukwu Ogbonna, the celebrity car dealer better known as IVD.

Naija News reports that Bimbo allegedly died on October 15 from burns she sustained  during an alleged domestic violence episode at their residence at Megamound Estate in the Lekki area.

In a statement on Tuesday by Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo said that the cause of Bimbo’s death would be determined after a comprehensive inquiry.

The Senior Advocate said findings would be made public in due course and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.

“A coroner’s inquest has immediately been requested, in line with Section 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” he said

The attorney-general also charged the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, to assist the Police and other law enforcement agencies in investigating the case and ascertaining the cause of death of the late Bimbo which had attracted wide media attention.