More facts emerged yesterday about the health condition of the Enugu State First Lady, Mrs. Clara Chime CEOAFRICA.com gathered.

According to a release by the National Human Right Commission (NHRC), who have stepped into the matter of alleged restriction of the First Lady to Government House, Enugu, Mrs. Chime is suffering from depression and hallucination.

It said, however, that in spite of the health challenge, Mrs. Chime was conscious of her environment and related well with those she encountered.

Prof. Ben Angwe revealed that he personally led a team of investigators to Enugu as a vay of verifying the true position of things.

The team had private and group interactions with Governor Chime; his wife; his mother-in-law, Mrs Patience Igwe and some other relatives of the couple.

Angwe said the commission was able to establish that Mrs Chime suffered from some medical conditions; had to stay in a medical facility and had lost confidence in the medical expert currently handling her case.

Although he said the commission could not ascertain Mrs Chime’s true state of health because the investigation team had no medical experts and she was not medically examined during the team’s visit, but contrary to Mrs Chime’s claim in her petition, she had access to her son and was in control of the keys to her apartment and thus was in the position to determine who could visit her.

He promised that investigations would continue until the truth about the case is revealed.

”The investigating team held a five-hour meeting with Governor Chime, Mrs Chime, Dr. Jide Chime (the governor’s sibling), Dr. Aham Agumoh (who has been treating Mrs Chime) and Tony Igwe (the complainant’s elder brother), during which the complainant had an opportunity to state her case and also respond to the issues raised by her husband.

“Dr. A. Uzegu, a London-based consultant psychiatrist and forensic examiner, who is the doctor the complainant prefers, also joined the meeting through teleconference.

“We have confirmed that in the last two weeks, Mrs Chime has been confined to her apartment on medical advice for purposes of medical maintenance and security.

“Both parties have agreed that Mrs Chime has medical challenges, but have disagreement over how to handle her medical condition. The complainant told the commission that she has lost confidence in the physician presently handling her condition and no longer wants him to treat her.

“She further requested to have medical opinion of other medical doctors acceptable to her. Both parties have agreed that the commission should assemble a team of independent medical experts to review her condition and advice on further steps to be taken in respect of her treatment,” Angwe said.

It would be recalled that Mrs Chime had petitioned the commission, complaining of rights abuses, including being allegedly held incommunicado by her husband against her wish.