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Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by overdrive(m): 11:34am On Jan 22, 2013
Baba God has answered our prayers our dear gov is getting better.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Kezzy24(f): 11:43am On Jan 22, 2013
geeez: With this kind of graphic description, can't believe there isn't one single picture ... Even if photoshopped

Abi oooooo,since they were ten metres away.The mystery deepens,but one day the truth shall be revealed.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by achi4u(m): 11:43am On Jan 22, 2013
phaya: What happened to the hospitals in Nigeria? undecided
Just for you and me.

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Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Nobody: 11:46am On Jan 22, 2013
wishing him quick recovery

Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by emiye(m): 12:26pm On Jan 22, 2013
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Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by emiye(m): 12:26pm On Jan 22, 2013
youngies:
“I’ll be out within a few minutes,” he told his chauffer who zoomed off in the direction of Oxford street.
More: http://channelkoos.com/index.php/news/3690-gov-chime-at-london-hospital-over-ent-condition

How did you hear this statement at 10 metres away ?
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by kaeto(m): 12:49pm On Jan 22, 2013
berem: who give a shiit about his whereabouts? all i want is for him to be impeached!
the above puke must have been whistled from your fat noze, go get a life...
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by kenmusa: 1:02pm On Jan 22, 2013
emiye:

How did you hear this statement at 10 metres away ?

10m is a hearable distance from a normal conversation. it's within the size of a normal room
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Sunnybobo3(m): 1:09pm On Jan 22, 2013
kenmusa:

10m is a hearable distance from a normal conversation. it's within the size of a normal room

10 metres within the size of a normal room? So your normal room measures upto 33 feet?

I would have talked but looking at your username, I'm not surprised.

I do agree though that one can hear a loud conversation 10m apart though.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by burkutu: 1:11pm On Jan 22, 2013
Where do i start....this' is obviously a cooked up yarn.whoever planned this tried. But they fell short of the one done by yaradua's people when they got bbc to air his voice talking to a reporter. I clicked on the link to see if there is another link to the guardian site.....is it uk guardian or naija guardian?don't bother doing a google search. Chime's handlers Should do a better job of lying.at least suntai's people are showing us pictures.c'mon lets show the abokis we in the south are more imaginative liars.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Nobody: 1:23pm On Jan 22, 2013
berem: who give a shiit about his whereabouts? all i want is for him to be impeached!
Monkey,what do you know about impeachment??instead of praying for his quick recovery,you are there talking non-sense.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Eifeh(m): 2:03pm On Jan 22, 2013
Enugu state need you please come back
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by GEJPFOOD: 2:25pm On Jan 22, 2013
BeraBera: [size=16pt] Why Was He Accompanied by a female aide? [/size]
IS IT A CRIME? I DONT KNOW HOW SOME PEOPLE REASON. SMH
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by OILOFGLADNESS: 2:31pm On Jan 22, 2013
youngies: ENUGU State Governor Sullivan Chime Monday sought medical help at the world famous 9, Harley Street Clinic, London.

Chime was at the hospital at exactly 2.30 p.m. to see Prof. Paul O’ Flynn, a renowned specialist ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) surgeon.

Accompanied by a female aide, Chime was dropped off in front of the hospital seconds before his scheduled appointment with O’Flynn. Dressed in dark trousers and a pink stripped shirt, The Guardian watched from a distance of about 10 metres as Chime, who covered himself from the freezing cold with a long unbuttoned woolen coat and a grey woolen hat that covered his face, pressed the clinic’s buzzer to be let in.

“I’ll be out within a few minutes,” he told his chauffer who zoomed off in the direction of Oxford street.

Although The Guardian’s investigations showed that the professor of ENT should not normally consult with him for more than 15 to 30 minutes, Chime had not stepped out of the hospital of the rich and famous as of the time of filing this report (3.30 p.m. or 4.30 p.m. Nigerian time).

Chime had been away from the state since September 19, 2012. Since his departure, rumours have been strong that he had been down following an undisclosed illness.

The Guardian gathered that Chime had been discharged from Wellington Humane Hospital, Swiss Cottage, London, on November 21, last year, after successful surgeries that allegedly had to do with his respiratory organ.

He, however, returned to the hospital from a private apartment on January 11, this year as an out-patient for check-up.

Further details of his ailments could not be disclosed as experts attending to him said that doing so would “breach data protection law” as it applies in the United Kingdom (UK) which the governor is entitled to.

The source however disclosed that he would need further examination and monitoring to ascertain his level of response to treatment.

Although he had hurried out of the state following an alleged illness, officials of his administration had always denied the reports, explaining that the governor is “hale and hearty”, and only left to enjoy his “accumulated leave”.

They insisted that Chime, who came to power in 2007 had not gone on leave since then and had decided to observe one, having worked hard to improve the fortunes of the state.

More: http://channelkoos.com/index.php/news/3690-gov-chime-at-london-hospital-over-ent-condition




i am suire it will be well with him
one of the best governor that igbo land had ever recorded
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by lifesabeach: 4:24pm On Jan 22, 2013
No ENT specialists in Naija again undecided
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by spyder880(m): 4:48pm On Jan 22, 2013
lifesabeach: No ENT specialists in Naija again undecided

Enugu state has some of the best training ground for the best specialists in all areas of human medicine in Nigeria. Check out University of Nigeria teaching hospital or Parklane hospitals (ESUT medical school). But this man told the world he wanted to go and rest so what has it got to do with ENT specialists.
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Demdem(m): 4:58pm On Jan 22, 2013
ENT shocked shocked
The gov may probably be both deaf and dumb undecided
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Nobody: 8:07pm On Jan 22, 2013
OILOFGLADNESS:




i am suire it will be well with him
one of the best governor that igbo land had ever recorded

I concur.

If all the Igbo governors from the 70s till date had performed like this man in office, who would be talking about Biafra today?
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by mej67: 10:54pm On Jan 22, 2013
He is there meeeehn. But his bro gobinas have gone to plead withhim to change his vacation plan. Pictture below taken today

Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Demdem(m): 8:04am On Jan 23, 2013
^^^

What evidence do we have that it was taken today/yesterday?
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by betadaz: 11:20am On Jan 23, 2013
The only news be say Iheanacho is alive and recovering.
Prayer Answered!
Re: Gov. Chime At London Hospital For ENT Condition by Nobody: 10:23pm On Jan 24, 2013
Demdem: ^^^

What evidence do we have that it was taken today/yesterday?

And the saga continues...

"Our Stand Remains That Gov Chime Is Critically Ill In London Hospital – Save Enugu Group"

When on the 7th of January 2013 we wrote to the Acting Governor of Enugu State, Mr Sunday Onyebuchi and copied the Speaker of the State House of assembly, we were inspired by the best of intentions.

We sincerely believed that the mystery surrounding the prolonged absence, which was one hundred and twelve days on that day, of our dear Governor H.E. Sullivan Iheanacho Chime should be lifted without further delay.

The gist of that letter was that the question, where is Governor Chime should be answered by the Enugu State Government within two weeks.

To facilitate this query we proposed that the state government should constitute a delegation of eminent sons and daughters of the state to seek out the Governor and verify his status and report back to the people of Enugu state.

We made this proposal in the light of the loss of confidence in the excuses and spin emanating from government information mangers. The government response was to bad mouth us and question our motives.

The second letter dated 16th January 2013, was triggered by the news break from Sahara reporters that our Governor had been discovered ailing in London. We, on our own commissioned private investigators who tracked our Governor also to London, undergoing treatment at Metropolitan Humane Hospital Swiss cottage.

In the said letter, we recommended a public broadcast by the Acting Governor to the people of Enugu State clearing the air, since up to that moment the spin from government circles was that Governor Chime was on vacation enjoying his accumulated leave.

We demanded inter alia that the government tenders apology to the people for all the lies and falsehood, sanction all errant officials involved in this falsehood, and organize through the agency of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), seven days of prayers and fasting for the quick recovery of our ailing Governor.

Mum was the word from government.

While all these were going on we were disturbed by rumours of the hijack of the machinery of the government of Enugu state by a cabal referred to by Thisday newspapers as G-5. This tag-team had practically rendered the Acting Governor a ceremonial Governor.

Finally on 21st January 2013, we then formally wrote the Speaker of the State House of Assembly and demanded as follows:

[b] 1. We are not in a position to confirm or deny that a letter was addressed to you by Governor Chime as required by section 190 of the Constitution. We have to accept your word for it as you are an honorable man. The said letter being a constitutionally prescribed letter was obviously not written to you in your private capacity, nor was it meant for your private perusal.

2. We demand to know from you if the said letter was tabled and read at an open session of the House? If so, may we be obliged with or referred to a copy of the Hansard where this is reflected.

3. We are also interested to know the ground on which the Governor was departing. Was it for a ‘vacation’ or the second arm which is ‘for inability to discharge the functions of his office’? It cannot be for both we humbly submit, as we believe that the ‘or’ makes the clause disjunctive and with different consequences

4. We would wish to inquire from you, if you did write formally to the Deputy Governor intimating him of the said letter and attaching a copy thereat to enable him immediately begin to function as Acting Governor?
This would be the prescribed procedure since we have been advised by constitutional lawyers that a swearing in is not mandatory in this particular circumstance.[/b]

As if carefully choreographed, the government of Enugu State on 22nd January 2013, released some pictures said to be taken that day showing our Governor with a delegation of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), who had gone to London to visit with him.

At the other end of Okpara square the Speaker was spewing venom on us and shadow boxing. He deliberately dodged or refused to answer the specific questions which we had put to him. The gist of his vituperation was that we were calling for the invocation of the Doctrine of Necessity whereas nowhere in our letter was that mentioned
.

This is our case.

Our stand.

There is an obvious misconception and naked attempt by government and its sympathizers or agents to misconstrue our campaign and engage in name calling or labeling.

We do not wish Governor Chime dead or evil. Nothing in our campaign suggests that, and indeed we have been of invaluable assistance by laying to rest the ghost of his demise. The issue here again is not about the peace of Enugu state or that government is working.

It all comes down to the right of a people to know what their leaders are up to and how they are deploying tax payers’ money. It’s the issue of due process and transparency in governance; democratic engagement under the rule of law and constitutionalism.


The picture released by the state government shows a seemingly fit Governor Chime with his colleagues. Vanguard newspapers of the same day also reported a phone conversation between the Governor and the newspaper. This development to us is a classic replay of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s song ‘government magic.’ No doubt this was a panic response by Enugu state government to meet our two week deadline to reveal the location and status of our Governor. If that was the purpose then it has failed woefully.

[b]We have come to the conclusion that the picture posted by Enugu state government as having been taken on Tuesday 22nd January 2013, is fake and tells a lie about itself.

Some of the Governors shown on that picture could not have been in London on that day unless they have the gift of bi-location.

Secondly and more seriously, if Governor Chime is as fit as shown, what is he still doing away from his duty post for over FOUR MONTHS? We chose to believe our working Governor is not that irresponsible.

Again the telephone conversation reported by Vanguard has done great injury to that paper. Many of us will remember the Yar’Adua phantom interview with BBC.

Is this a replay here? We challenge them to play the audio. We all recall the dramatic telephone conversation between President Obasanjo and late Yar’Adua at a campaign rally in 2007, of ‘Umoru are you dead’?

The Chairman South East Governors Forum Okwute Igbo Peter Obi was reported in the Sun newspaper of Monday 21st January 2013, at page 10 as saying that he was with Governor Chime in London when the news broke of the Ezu river bodies.

He immediately cut short his visit and rushed home. How come there was no picture taken and why did our own Governor not rush home also? The river is at the joint boundaries of the two states.
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Conclusion

The Speaker of the Enugu State Assembly would be made to know through the arbiter on Constitutional disputes that he does not have the last word or ipsi dixit on the interpretation of section 190 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). Finally we repeat and re-iterate our demand in our letter of 16th January 2013 that Enugu state government must come clean on this Governor Chime saga and apologize to the people of Enugu state.

For: Save Enugu Group

Maxi Okwu

Ikenecheoha II

Convener

Chief Willy Ezeugwu

Ochiagha Nsukka

Comrade Victor Chigozie Eneh
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