In 2007, the Lagos State Government promulgated The Coroner System Law that is now in force. The new law establishes a new system of death investigation in the State, and imposes important civic responsibilities on individuals in both private and official capacities. The Coroner’s law is intended to strengthen the security of human life by investigating suspicious or questionable deaths, and enabling the state take action necessary to forestall the repetition or continuance of circumstances capable of bringing about avoidable loss of human life. This law will help curtail deaths that come about as a result of impunity – such as extrajudicial killings by law enforcement and vigilante groups – as well as those that arise from careless management of human health – such as medical negligence.