"Imprisoned" Enugu First Lady, Clara Chime, Hires Falana To Secure Her Release
Posted: November 4, 2013 - 15:53
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caption: Enugu First Lady, Clara Chime

By SaharaReporters, New York
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. MD Abubakar, to ensure the immediate release from unlawful detention of Mrs. Clara Chime, the First Lady of Enugu State who is being held hostage at Government House Enugu by Governor Sullivan Chime, or be dragged to court.

In a letter dated November 1, 2013, Mr. Falana, representing Mrs. Chime, pointed out that his client has been kept incommunicado in solitary confinement for over four months on the directives of Governor Chime.

“Thus our client’s fundamental rights to the dignity of her person, personal liberty, fair hearing, private and family life and freedom of movement guaranteed by the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 have been violated without any legal justification,” it said.

“Although our client’s dehumanizing detention conditions have had deleterious effects on her psychological state as well as her mental and physical health she has been denied access to her doctors by her abductors,” the petition said. “It is particularly disturbing to note that some of the police and state security service personnel assigned to secure the safety of the Enugu State governor, his wife and other family members have aided and abetted Mr. Chime in subjecting our client to egregious infringements of her aforesaid fundamental rights.”

It pointed out, however, that unlike the governor who is currently immune from prosecution under the constitution, the police and state security service officials involved in the illegal arrest and detention of Mrs. Chime ought to be sanctioned under the relevant laws.

In a letter exclusively published by SaharaReporters on October 28, Mrs. Chime complained that Governor Chime had placed her under house arrest, and begged human rights bodies to come to her rescue.

She said that eminent personalities such as President and Mrs. Goodluck Jonathan and the Bishop Callistus Onaga of Enugu State and other top priests had attempted to intervene in the matter without success.

Among other things, Mrs. Chime said she had been introduced to two psychiatrists, Dr. Onwukwe and Dr. Agumo, who prescribed “all kinds of drugs that ends up keeping me acute depressed and also drives me into hallucinations.”

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/imprisoned-enugu-first-lady-clara-chime-hires-falana-secure-her-release

If this story is true as reported by sahara reporters, then its a right move by Falana!


The immunity of the governor will however delay or impair justice!


How come I'm the first to comment??

Sermwell: S

For your mind you don keep space be that abi?

these are the kind of things you only see in Nollywood m ovies. Wife under house arrest.

Cos their race has got no lawyer like falana

I hope Falana is aware that his client is not mentally stable and needs attention.

This Femi Falana guy just cant stay out of the news. A̶̲̥̅♏ begining to suspect this guy o, its like he pays to be in the news everyday.
#Randy Lawyer

So Enugu State 1st lady is a Nut-case....

Wao! When SR first published d letter,it sounded so far-fetched,never thought such nollywood crafted drama cud b true.Kudos to SR.
@topic,this only buttresses d fact that Nigeria itself is so full of d absurd,d devil himself,wud cringe in shame to be associated with d kind of creatures he is oftentimes associated in d space called nigeria.

Omen100: Interesting, the same Yorubas that have been called all manner of name's son is about to assist the first Lady of Enugu state to regain her freedom from the hands of her satanic husband, the governor pride of the east in land of Brafia.

u don't talk like small boy, in as much as am not supporting Chime, Is Falana doing free service?

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My opinion..: i think she's home.. let her live her life jare. rotting there isn't such a bad thing

Next thing wey we go hear Na say Patience Jonathan dey hold our president hostage for aso rock.. .. Mtscheew

Hmmm.........

very interesting

This is family affair outsiders should keep silence

She was able to contact Femi from the so-called prison?

Super story,Part 2,scene 1.

In "sahara" I don't believe

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Sunday3e: This is family affair outsiders should keep silence

I LAUGH

venorite: Next thing wey we go hear Na say Patience Jonathan dey hold our president hostage for aso rock.. .. Mtscheew

what is he saying please?