How the police helped confine Governor Chime’s wife to a room for 4 months – Femi Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that the ‘detention’ of Enugu State’s First Lady, Clara Chime for four months was known by the officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security Service, SSS.
Mr. Falana made the allegation in Lagos on Friday at the launching of a book, titled ‘Honour For Sale, An Insider Account of the Murder of Dele Giwa by Major Debo Bashorun’.
“I have discovered that the police and SSS helped the governor in confining his wife in a room for four months incommunicado,” Mr. Falana said.
Premium Times reports:
Earlier this month, Mrs. Chime was reported to have sent a letter to Mr. Falana, claiming that she had been detained in the government house by her husband, Governor Sullivan Chime. This led the lawyer to write a petition to the Inspector General of Police, and the National Human Rights Commission seeking an investigation into the alleged abuse of Mrs. Chime’s right of free
movement.
The Governor later held a press conference confirming that he had detained his wife but only because of her ill-health.
Mr. Falana decried the presence of the security operatives at Mr. Chime’s press conference.
”The police officers were also at the press conference when the governor admitted that he has turned the government house into a psychiatric ward,” he lamented.
He stated that the connivance of the security operatives with the ruling class to oppress Nigerians was now the major threat to the nation’s democracy and rule of law. He enjoined all Nigerians to resist it.
