Why the delay in justice administration?
In the year 2020, a number of factors clogged the wheel of administration of criminal justice in Lagos, according to the report, which identified the factors to include irregular court sittings and long adjournments of criminal cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Others were the #EndSARS civil unrest, during which the Igbosere High Court, in Lagos Island, was burnt down, halting the hearing of criminal trials in the affected courtrooms.
Also, due to insecurity caused by the attempted jailbreaks at the Ikoyi and Kirikiri Correctional Centres during the civil unrest, for at least two months also prevented authorities at the Correctional Centers to convey inmates to the various courts to attend their trials.