According to SAHARA Human
rights lawyer Femi Falana has asked the Inspector-General of Police,
Mr. MD Abubakar, to ensure the immediate release from unlawful detention
of Mrs. Clara Chime, the First Lady of Enugu State who is being held
hostage at Government House Enugu by Governor Sullivan Chime, or be
dragged to court.
In a letter
dated November 1, 2013, Mr. Falana, representing Mrs. Chime, pointed out
that his client has been kept incommunicado in solitary confinement for
over four months on the directives of Governor Chime.
“Thus our
client’s fundamental rights to the dignity of her person, personal
liberty, fair hearing, private and family life and freedom of movement
guaranteed by the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 have been violated without any legal justification,” it said.
“Although our
client’s dehumanizing detention conditions have had deleterious effects
on her psychological state as well as her mental and physical health she
has been denied access to her doctors by her abductors,” the petition
said. “It is particularly disturbing to note that some of the police
and state security service personnel assigned to secure the safety of
the Enugu State governor, his wife and other family members have aided
and abetted Mr. Chime in subjecting our client to egregious
infringements of her aforesaid fundamental rights.”
It pointed out,
however, that unlike the governor who is currently immune from
prosecution under the constitution, the police and state security
service officials involved in the illegal arrest and detention of Mrs.
Chime ought to be sanctioned under the relevant laws.
In a letter
exclusively published by SaharaReporters on October 28, Mrs. Chime
complained that Governor Chime had placed her under house arrest, and
begged human rights bodies to come to her rescue.
She said that
eminent personalities such as President and Mrs. Goodluck Jonathan and
the Bishop Callistus Onaga of Enugu State and other top priests had
attempted to intervene in the matter without success.
Among other
things, Mrs. Chime said she had been introduced to two psychiatrists,
Dr. Onwukwe and Dr. Agumo, who prescribed “all kinds of drugs that ends
up keeping me acute depressed and also drives me into hallucinations.”
*I dont
understand this at all...didnt my friend tell me that they were both
spotted at an event last week in the east?they walked in late and left
before anyone noticed`?was she under duress or did someone dress up as
her to fool the public?i dont understand at all.
If she can get a lawyer to represent her,why can she not just stand up and walk out of that environment?run,elope,vanish?
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