Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime said he would never maltreat his wife, Mrs. Clara Chime, contrary to the supposed allegation leveled against him by the First Lady.

Chime made the above declaration in the presence of his wife and her elder brother, Mr. Tony Igwe, governor’s siblings Mrs. Mary Oji and Dr. Jide Chime, as well Dr. Aham Agumuo, who happened to be Mrs. Chime’s neuro-psychiatric doctor.

Surprisingly, Mrs. Chime denied sending any petition to the National Human Rights Commission alleging unlawful detention by the governor.

CEOAFRICA.com also gathered from sources that the First Lady also denied hiring the services of Mr. Femi Falana to seek her freedom from an alleged house arrest at the Governor’s Lodge, Enugu.

Furthermore, Governor Chime said he was trying to protect his wife from ridicule due to her present health condition:

“Well, my wife has some medical challenges and it would be very unkind for me to talk about her condition on the pages of newspapers.

“I have done everything to protect her integrity and I’m not now going to expose her to ridicule because some people want to exploit her situation to drag me into a needless war of words,” Chime said.