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 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.
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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madam abeg go an seat down one place....let this woman know that in this life one can never eat their cake and have it again. you caused the reason why the gov and his main wife got divorced and you think every thing will be fine and rosey for u..olee
ReplyDeleteAny woman that steals another woman's husband will never know peace
ReplyDeleteSo she stole some1 husband & hope to be blessed nba no Foluke daramola be warned ur turn is coming
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