NBA Lauds Committee Over Rehabilitation Of Court

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okitipupa branch, Ondo State, has commended Ikale Stakeholders Rehabilitation Committee over the renovation of Okitipupa High Court.
The Tide source reports that the complex housing High Court, Magistrates’ Court and Customary Court was burnt down by hoodlums who hijacked last year’s nationwide EndSARS protests.
The Tide also recalls that Ikale Stakeholders Rehabilitation Committee, headed by Gen. Olu Bajowa (rtd.) had, last week, handed over the renovated High Court to the state Chief Judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, with a promise to renovate other affected structures.
NBA Chairman, Okitipupa branch, Mr Orimisan Okorisa, said that the destruction of the court had caused serious setback to judicial process in the state, as lawyers had practically become jobless, while inmates remained in prison custody without their cases being attended to.
He added that lawyers, especially in Ondo South, also went through a lot of challenges, as they had to file their cases in Akure, the state capital and had to travel to and fro there for court appearances.
He commended the committee for taking up the responsibility, thereby bringing succour to lawyers, workers and inmates, all of whom had been badly affected by the ugly development.
“It is disheartening that a group of people had to burn down government property, especially the courts, and thus disrupt judicial processes in the state without any recourse.