House in Enugu claiming she had been under pressure
to remain as wife of the Enugu State Governor,
Sullivan Chime.
She said she would have walked away from the
marriage during the period Chime was sick and was
away for five months, but remained on "very
compassionate grounds."
Mrs. Chime said her thinking was that the sickness
would change the governor's ways towards her but
that he got worse months after his return from cancer
treatment abroad.
According to her, on many occasions she attempted
to leave but 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 would not let
her go.
She disclosed this through the mobile phone of one of
her male siblings, about four hours after she
eventually packed out from the Governors' Lodge on
Monday.
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 with
whom members of the Chime family were still
holding meetings on the matter.
He claimed that Chime had long lost interest in the
marriage but held forth because he (Chime) didn't
want his image stained.
"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.
He said, "Governor Sullivan Chime just wanted to
keep her within the lodge for fear that she could open
up on certain things she knew about him if she was
allowed to leave unceremoniously."
When the source eventually brought Mrs. Chime on
the phone to speak with our correspondent, she said,
"I regained my freedom to move around on Saturday
and I eventually forced my way out of that place
(Government House) today (Monday)."
She said, "I am not the one who is sick, but I became
sick because of the way I was treated. There are
some things people would do to you that make you
sick or even die."
"After treating myself, I will never go back there
again. I will not even wish my enemy to marry in that
kind of place again."
When contacted, the state Commissioner for
Information, Mr. Chuks Ugwuoke, said he just
returned from Lagos and was not aware.
"I have been away in Lagos and cannot speak on
anything I don't know of, especially when it is a
family matter. I will call you as soon as I am briefed,"
Ugwuoke said.
Meanwhile, a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Fred Agbaje,
has called on the National Human Rights Commission
to probe further into the issue between Chime and his
wife.
Agbaje said in a statement on Monday that as
personalities who lived on public fund,
the citizenry deserved to know the truth about the
situation and Clara's true state of health.
He said both the governor and his wife might not
have told the whole truth about the issue.
He said, "There must be an end to sinking lies. The
Chimes of this world need another fatter lies to cover
their present lies. The truth is that one Mrs Clara
Chime is ill. To cover her public odium, she was
cleverly and unconstitutionally detained by Chime.
"As for the NHRC, they need to do more research into
the Chimes' affairs and expose every unconstitutiona
lities, not the present contradictory conflicting
charade comming out of the commission."PUNCH
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