The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday began the demolition of Igbosere Court Complex on Lagos Island, which was razed and vandalised during the #EndSARS protest in October 2020.

Thelagostimes recalls that the court was torched and looted by hoodlums in October 2020 in the wake of the #EndSars protests held in Lagos and other parts of the country.

According to SaharaReporters, a bulldozer was sighted demolishing the ancient court building as part of the process of rebuilding it.

The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had promised to relocate the court after it was burnt.

According to the government, a property at Osborne Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, meant for the relocation of Igbosere High Court, would be ready by the end of May 2021.

The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, had also said the Igbosere court complex would soon be rebuilt.

Notable names who sat in the court include John Idowu Conrad Taylor, better known as JIC Taylor who was the first Chief Judge of Lagos State, as well as the longest-serving Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Adetunji Adefarasin, Justice Muri Okunola, amongst others.

Justice George Oguntade, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivor, and other serving and retired justices who passed through Lagos State also sat in the court premises.