Ace Lawyer and hunam right activist, Femi
Falana has been hired by Enugu’s First Lady,
Clara Chime in order to be freed from her
husband’s arrest. â�
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.
According to Sahara reporters, Falana, in a
letter dated November 1, 2013, said his client,
Mrs. Clara Chime, has been kept in custody and
hasn’t been allowed to see or speak with anyone
for the past four months on the orders 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.'
Falana pointed that although the governor is
covered by the immunity clause, 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 although President Jonathan and
his wife and Bishop Callistus Onaga of Enugu
state and others have waded into the situation
yet, the governor has refused to release her.
Mrs. Chime also said she had been introduced
to two psychiatrists, Dr. Onwukwe and Dr.
Agumo, who prescribed 'all kinds of drugs that
end up keeping me acutely depressed and also
drives me into hallucinations.'
“In all of these challenges, one thing is very
clear; we must not only be seen as existing, we
must relentlessly support true democracy and
the rule of law.
“So it has become necessary to step up our
activities as true democrats and make our
contributions to the growth of democracy in the
country,'' he said.



www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/128362/1/femi-falana-8216fights8217-for-release-of-enugu821.html

And this psychopath is the governor of a state in Nigeria in 2013?


Such is expected on that side of the Niger anyways so no surprise....