ONCE UPON A CLINIC

Once upon a Clinic in an old country side-Gwagwalada
Exceptional in kind and unique in character
Hers, a Clinic with no "panadol", nor "maloxine" in sight
devoid of those white coated pacers of both day and night.

She boasts not of a single medical might
Yet, many a patient cast on her their numerous plights
And with her infant soldiers made of "black" and "white"
She heals every patient's fright
Delivering to him/her hope, and a future bright.

She prescribes none but the appropriate law
Applicable to every patient with precision bereft of flaw
And even without fear piercing syringes, she injects the society with justice raw
Delivering mankind from injustice's claws.

She strives to live her dreams
Of being a "Voice to the Voiceless"
...helping the "thirsty ones" drink from freedom's abundant stream.
Thus, everywhere her achievements abound
From north to South, both in villages and in cosmopolitan towns.

Everywhere, her praise is on the lips of all,
Male and female, big and small.
Her greatness spans from the desert plains of Bauchi
Through the rain forests in Auchi
Not leaving out the oil rigs in Uyo
Crossing through the red earthed hills of Nsukka,
Extending to the town of great Luther
Touching down on the pinnacle of the cocoa House in Oyo.

Yesterday (3/3/2014), was another proof of her numerous successes
As she brought succour to 36 unjustified prison hostages
In her effort to rid our prison system of the "Unlawful Detention Syndrome" (UDS)
Bravo to that great Clinic, called "The University of Abuja Law Clinic"
...I'm glad I belong!
(To be Contd)

Penned by Uboho Emmanuel Inyang
In acknowlegement of the recent feat attained by The Clinic in securing the release of 36 Prison detainees from Kuje Prison.

...Dedicated to the Co-ordinator(Barr. Nasiru Mukhtar) and all Uni-Abuja Law Clinicians, who tarried the nights, toiled through days, giving up their comforts to see this happen. Bravo!!