Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State yesterday returned her wife, Clara, to her mother in Enugu. Clara was driven to the Coal City Garden Estate and was handed over to her mother at about 8.am who was said to have wept profusely on sighting her daughter.
Our reporter, who hovered round the residence, saw about six tinted cars, including one with Enugu Government House number plate. A young man, who claimed to be living at the building’s boys’ quarter, confirmed that Clara was actually brought back to the house in the morning.
“Since she (Clara) was brought here, there have been a series of meetings. Just a while ago, the governor’s wife left the house; she is expected back soon,” said a fair complexioned young man who refused to give his name. It was also gathered that the governor collected the handsets and Ipad of his wife, prompting the wife to purchase new phone after her eviction.
Chime had on Sunday night reportedly dumped Clara at the gate of her mother’s apartment. A mild drama was said to have ensued in the process of sending Clara out of the Government House as she insisted on taking her fouryear- old son along with her but was overpowered by security agents that bundled her out.
It was gathered that on getting to the estate, Clara’s mother was not found in the house, prompting her to return to the Government House.
Mrs. Chime had a few days ago reacted to submissions by the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, that she hallucinates, saying she only had depression and asked the commission to hands off her case. The governor’s wife had petitioned NHRC, alleging that she was unlawfully imprisoned at the Government House. This, Chime denied.
The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, South- East Zone, also intervened, urging the governor to release his wife from alleged detention, citing human rights violations. CLO alleged that she was held captive by security details attached to the governor.
Mrs. Clara Chime on Monday stated that she was forced to remain as wife of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State.
She said she would have walked away from the marriage during the period Chime was sick and away for five months, but remained on “very compassionate grounds.”
Mrs. Chime said her thinking was that sickness would change the governor’s ways towards her, but stated that he even got worse months after his return from undergoing a cancer treatment abroad.
According to her, on many occasions she attempted to leave, her family members, for pecuniary reasons, insisted she stayed put.
She said even when it was apparent that Chime no longer wanted the marriage, her family wouldn’t let her go.
She made this disclosure through the mobile telephone set of one of her male siblings, about four hours after she eventually packed out from the Governors Lodge.
The sibling declined revealing his identity to The PUNCH, but stated that he was one of the few family members who supported Mrs. Chime’s agitation to quit the marriage.
He said if he revealed his identity, it could cause a stir between him and other family members, who were still holding meetings with members of the Chime family on the matter.
He claimed that the governor had long lost interest in the marriage but held forth because he (Chime) didn’t want any scandal over the issue.
“So, there was no need joining other family members into forcing her to remain in a marriage that he (the governor) was no longer interested in,” said the source.
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