Nigeria, Aug. 13 -- The Ondo State Judiciary has begun a coroner's inquest into the death of the Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Ezekiel Adeniran.

The inquest followed a letter from the Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olukayode Ajulo, who urged the Chief Judge of the state, Olusegun Odusola, to assign a coroner in commencement of an inquiry into the death of the late registrar.

In the letter addressed to the chief judge, Mr Ajulo stated that there are indications that r Adeniran died under questionable circumstances on or about 17 July.

He stressed that, in the public interest, a formal coroner's inquest is necessary to ascertain the cause and manner of death, and to determine i...