ABSU Law Clinic team on Advocacy visit to the CJ of Imo State

An ABSU Law Clinic team comprising 6 student-clinicians led by Chioma Nwigwe paid a courtesy and advocacy visit to the Chief Judge of Imo State, Hon. Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze on 23 June 2011. The purpose was to inform the CJ on the activities of the Clinic, and solicit his support for the Prisons Services clinic, and particularly the Okigwe Prisons project.

The CJ commended the Clinic for the noble social service, and informed the Clinic team that the next Jail Delivery Exercise will start on 24 June 2011.
The Clinic team used the occasion to solicit the inclusion of some of her clients in the cause list for the Jail Delivery Exercise of the CJ. Those whose cases were presented included, two under-aged detainees at the prison and Chinedu who has spent eight years awaiting trial and whose file was allegedly missing.


It will be recalled that on 23 March 2011,the Clinic participated actively in a similar exercise by the CJ and in the process secured the release of one of her clients. Impressed by their role then, the CJ had promised to carry the Clinic along in future visits.

This time around, the Clinic has been pre-informed of the exercise and will be participating more actively.The Clinic has secured the services of Bar. Emeka Okoroafor who has volunteered to represent the clinic’s clients at the jail delivery exercise. Thus,the Clinic is likely to secure the release of more Prisoners soon as the Clinic is participating in the jail delivery exercise at the Okigwe prisons. Reports of the exercise will follow shortly.