Estranged wife of Enugu State Governor,
Mrs. Clara Chime, Saturday said she went
through emotional and mental torture
during her period of incarceration,
although her current physical state belied
that assertion.
She also said she had no mental problem
as earlier claimed by her husband,
Governor Sullivan Chime.
According to her, after her release from
incarceration in Enugu, she had flown to
the United Kingdom to run extensive
medical tests and her condition was
diagnosed as reactive depression, not
mental disorder.
She also said in her five years of marriage,
she had on four different occasions
planned to escape but was caught and
brought back to her apartment in the
government house.
“Before I cried out for help, I was only
suffering from a case of depression which
I got from my stay with him in the
government house but he made people
believe I had mental problems,” Mrs
Chime said.
“During the press briefing he called after
human rights commission and my lawyer,
Femi Falana, came to my rescue, I didn’t
answer the questions of journalists
because I didn’t know about it.
“When I got married to him in 2008,
never at any time did I envisage that this
kind of ordeal would happen to me. I was
then working with Petroleum Development
Trust Fund (PDTF).
“He made me stop work and the mental
torture started after our marriage. Once
he married me, he changed and the
mental torture started gradually until it
came with force. My situation was a case
of domestic violence. It was horrible and
terrifying”, she revealed.
Chime disclosed that her incarceration
started when she flouted the alleged ban
of her friends from the government
house, alleging that the governor got her
and her friend arrested.
On her several attempts to escape she
said, “Several times, I tried to escape the
government house but there was no way
as they always caught and brought me
back. So this last time, a friend helped me
contact Falana and he came to my rescue
because my husband had restricted my
movement as well as banned my family
and friends from seeing me. My friends
started coming to see me about three
years ago because he claimed they were
diabolical like me. He accused me of so
many things but I wish him well.”
She however said at no time during her
depression did she try to commit suicide
although she was fed up with her
situation, adding that all she wants now is
to start life afresh.
She said, “I wish him well in all his
endeavours but we have started the
process to get custody of my son after
which I would start my life afresh. I
would also work on myself now because I
have added tremendously and it was
because of the drugs they were giving me,
which according to the doctor in UK was
the wrong prescription.”
Ruling out any chances of reconciliation,
she said although she was separated from
her husband, she would begin divorce
proceedings after the two years interval as
stipulated by the law elapses.
Chime thanked Nigerians, the Inspector
General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar,
and the Director General, State Security
Services, Ita Ekpeyong, saying it was
pertinent to reiterate the excellent state of
her mental health.
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