Governor Sullivan Chime Finally Speaks Out On Arresting His Wife

 The embattled Governor of Enugu State has finally spoken on his wife’s house arrest reports, after the case was referred to Human right activist, Mr Femi Falana.

In a statement released by the Governor today, he claims his wife, Clara Chime has some mental issues affecting her and that he refrained from speaking all this while to avoid her being ridiculed.

“Well, my wife has some medical challenges and it would be very unkind for me to talk about her condition on the pages of newspapers.

“I have done everything to protect her integrity and I’m not now going to expose her to ridicule because some people want to exploit her situation to drag me into a needless war of words,” – Chime told newsmen

This appears to be in line with what Clara Chime said in her letter to Femi Falana

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.”

The hallucination claim is the main point that could justify Governor Chime any day anytime.

Hallucinations are sensations that appear real but are created by your mind. They can affect all five of your senses. For example, you might hear a voice that no one else in the room can hear or see an image that is not real. These symptoms may be caused by mental illness and the side effects of medications.

 The Enugu First Lady just might be battling mental illness for real.

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"Imprisoned" First Lady, Hires Falana To Secure Her Release From Her Husband

 Foremost 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 her husband, Governor Sullivan Chime, or be dragged to court. 

In a letter dated November 1st, 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

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S*x Scandal - Chime Slams N2.7 Billion Libel Suit Against Magazine

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has slammed a N2bn libel suit against Media Techniques Limited, publishers of City People magazine over a scandalous story it published last October alleging that the younger sister of his (Governor's) wife had delivered a baby for him.

The Governor in suit No E/418/2011 filed by his lawyers at the High Court Registry Enugu and dated 16/12/2011 is asking for a declaration that by printing and publication of the article at page 61 of City People of 5th October, 2011 under the heading: "About as South East 1st Lady's younger sister who delivered baby boy for the Governor", the defendant is liable to the Plaintiff for libel.

He is also seeking general damages in the sum of N1 Billion Naira and another N1 billion naira as Exemplary/Aggravated damages for libel.

In addition, the Governor is also asking for an order compelling the Defendant to retract the publication and tender an apology, "which retraction and apology shall be published in City People in the same manner and given the same prominence as the publication of the libel", as well as in three national daily newspapers with wide circulation in Nigeria.

He is also demanding the sum of N7.5 million as cost of the action.

The plaintiff in his statement of claim, averred that the words used in the story were intended to refer to "and indeed referred to and were understood to refer to him".

He added that a substantial number of readers of City People who read the offensive publication remembered the content while a number of his friends, associated and family members told him that they were shocked and scandalized by the contents of the publication.

The Governor further stated that the Defendant knew or ought to have known that the publication was baseless and false and that it was recklessly and maliciously made as a deliberate and calculated act to disparage him as the Defendant, contrary to acceptable standards in the practice of journalism, did not make any attempt to either ascertain the truth of the story contained in the publication "nor did it seek to obtain the plaintiff's side of the story before rushing to publish same".

The statement further reads, "The false, malicious and libelous statements published by the Defendant have assassinated the Plaintiff's character and caused him emotional injury and trauma, which injury and trauma still persist at present in view of the non-interaction of the said defamatory statements by the defendant".

While confirming the action, a close aide of the Governor said that while he had the highest regards for the Media, the Governor was committed to ensuring that not only should any false publication aimed at unjustly bringing him to public ridicule, go unpunished, but also that the journalism profession was generally practiced within established ethics and standards.

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