Mrs. CLARA Chime on Monday left the
Government 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 unconstitutionalities, not the present
contradictory conflicting charade comming out
of the commission.”
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