Enugu State Governor, Mr.
Sullivan Chime, has defended the confinement of his wife, Clara, in the
Government House, Enugu, saying he did it to protect her.
Chime, reacting to a
petition by his wife to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in which
she sought its intervention to free her from “unlawful custody”, told reporters
in Enugu Tuesday night that the confinement was based on the advice of her
personal doctor, Dr. Aham Agomuo, due to her peculiar health challenges in the
last four years.
Chime spoke during an
interaction with journalists in the Government House in the presence of his
wife; Agomuo, a neuro-psychiatric expert; the governor's brother in-law, Tony
Igwe, and the governor’s siblings, Mrs. May Oji and Dr. Jide Chime. Also
present were the governor’s security detail.
Mrs. Chime, during the
session, also denied engaging a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), or
any other lawyer to take up the matter on her behalf.
However, she informed those
at the gathering that a friend of hers did so on her behalf in order to “fight
her cause”.
“Why would I want my wife
locked up? If it had been that I had issues with her, there are many ways to
resolve them. But that’s not the case. She is not well and I’m willing to do
anything to support and protect her,” Chime said.
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