The drama over the detention of Mrs.
Clara Chime, wife of the Enugu State
Governor, Sullivan Chime, entered
another chapter Sunday when the
governor, with the assistance of
security operatives, sent her packing
from the Enugu Government House.
Mrs. Chime’s personal effects were
packed for her by the governor and his
security detail, and she was forcibly
taken out of the Government House to
her mother’s residence at House 38,
Coal City Estate, Enugu.
Mrs. Chime, who THISDAY gathered
struggled to depart with her four-
year-old son, was bundled into a
convoy of six cars and taken to her
mother’s home.
However, on getting there, the mother
who had not been notified that her
daughter was being brought home,
was not at home which forced Mrs.
Chime and the security operatives to
sit in their cars waiting for her mother
to return.
After waiting for close to two hours,
the governor, who was obviously
embarrassed that news of his wife’s
eviction had leaked and was
attracting journalists who rushed to
the mother’s estate, ordered that Mrs.
Chime be brought back to the
Government House.
However, he still intends to evict his
wife today and hand her over directly
to her mother.
THISDAY learnt that the governor took
the decision to drive away his wife
because she had petitioned the
National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC) over her confinement in the
Government House against her wish.
Mrs. Chime, who had admitted
suffering from a nervous breakdown
over what she alleged was as a result
of her husband’s maltreatment of her,
was however projected by the
governor last week as someone who
is mentally unstable requiring the
administration of drugs by a doctor
she does not trust and her
confinement in her bedroom.
Meanwhile, the NHRC yesterday said
it had not conducted any medical
investigation to determine the mental
health of Mrs. Chime.
A statement by NHRC said the
commission was yet to reach a
determination on the petition received
from the governor’s wife.
The commission said: “The
complaint is currently being
investigated and will be subjected to
the commission’s Rules of Procedure.
The commission is a credible
national institution that will never be
biased or compromised in case
management or any matter before the
commission.”
NHRC said it became necessary for it
to address the press on Friday
November 8, in respect of the
complaint received from Mrs Chime
because it had attracted considerable
media attention and generated a lot
of public interest.
“The purpose of the briefing was to
inform Nigerians that the
commission’s team of investigators
visited Enugu and held a meeting
with the complainant and her
husband and is taking further
investigative steps in respect of the
matter.
“The commission wishes to place it
on the record that it has never
claimed to have established that Mrs.
Chime has health challenges. It was
clearly stated during the meeting with
the press that the issue of Mrs.
Chime’s health status came up in the
course of investigation and it was
mutually agreed that the commission
constitutes an independent medical
team to evaluate the true state of her
health.
“The NHRC has no form of medical
competence to establish the health
status of Mrs Chime or any other
person. The investigation is still on-
going,” it said.
Also, the Chairman of the Governing
Council of the commission, Dr. Chidi
Odinkalu, has described allegations
that the commission might have been
compromised in the conduct of the
case of the alleged illegal
confinement of Mrs. Chime as
factually inaccurate and manifestly
unfounded.
Odinkalu, in a statement in Abuja,
said he was inundated with inquiries
about the on-going processes of the
NHRC in relation to the complaint
initiated by Mrs. Chime.
He said since the complainant was
the spouse of a senior political office
holder, the complaint had naturally
elicited somewhat fevered public
interest.
The commission’s Executive
Secretary, Professor Bem Angwe last
Friday had stated that when the
commission's team interacted with
Mrs. Chime, she spoke to them
fluently and coherently, adding, “She
answered all the questions we raised
in her presence as a person who is
aware of the circumstances of her
environment and the consequence of
her action.”
Angwe had however added that Mrs
Chime had admitted to suffering from
depression and “hallucinations”.
But the commission’s statement
drew the ire of Mrs. Chime who
immediately made it clear that she
had never informed the officials of
NHRC that she suffered from
hallucinations.
In a letter she wrote to the
commission at the weekend, she
asked it to withdraw the statement.
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What a broken home

Why is Gov Chime behaving like a rascal?

The act of bundling a woman and forcing her to leave her matrimonial home without due process of divorce is in itself barbaric and degrading to womanhood. Just to say the least.

Mrs Chime, I advise you to stand firm on your resolve never to be taken as a spent force.

If the Governor wants divorce, let him apply for it and append his signatures to accept the result of the broken home.

Adanne, never allow them take away your four year old boy. If you stick to that, the court will willingly give you the custody and he will be a consolation to your pain in the long run.

Lady Excellency: Why is Gov Chime behaving like a rascal?

The act of bundling a woman and forcing her to leave her matrimonial home without due process of divorce is in itself barbaric and degrading to womanhood. Just to say the least.

Mrs Chime, I advise you to stand firm on your resolve never to be taken as a spent force.

If the Governor wants divorce, let him apply for it and append his signatures to accept the result of the broken home.

Adanne, never allow them take away your four year old boy. If you stick to that, the court will willingly give you the custody and he will be a consolation to your pain in the long run.

But the woman said she was under detention?
Wouldn't that give her the freedom she needs?

Well, we are all outsiders making comments from the sides, it is onlyu Chime and his wife that know exactly what their problem is. And they alone can determine how to settle it.

Why is Chime falling 042s hand like this?

This gov is more or less going mad!