Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Chime resurfaces after 125 days

Chime resurfaces after 125 days
The controversy trailing the sudden disappearance of Sullivan Chime seemed to have been put to rest yesterday following the appearance of a picture purportedly taken with his fellow governors from Rivers, Benue and Akwa Ibom states in the United Kingdom.
Chime had been absent from his duty post as the governor of Enugu State, due to reported ill health,.
He was alleged to be receiving treatment in London for undisclosed ailment and his continued absence has generated a lot of furore and widespread spread rumours of his death, even as a group, Save Enugu Group (SEG), has threatened to occupy the Government House in Enugu, if the state government failed to provide information about the whereabouts of Chime and his state of his health.
The picture, which was released by the Enugu State government in Enugu yesterday, had Governor Chime, standing with the Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam and the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
Governor Chime had disappeared from the state for an undisclosed location since September 19, 2012. At first, his aides said he was on vacation, before word came out that the governor was indisposed.
Speaking with National Mirror yesterday, some Enugu residents doubted the authenticity of the picture while some said that the governor’s appearance in the picture was an indication of his ill-health as he was said to have emaciated and therefore lends credence to claims that he was indisposed.
Others on the other hand believed that the picture was authentic and prayed for the governor’s quick recovery.
Chime’s absence has put the state government and the House of Assembly at loggerheads with the SEG and opposition parties and stakeholders in the state, with the SEG calling on the House to adopt the “Doctrine of Necessity” to empower the Deputy Governor to act in Chime’s absence.

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