ACN, Falana Slam on Governors For Visiting Sullivan In Hospital?! Really?!

The Action Congress of Nigeria, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), and civil society groups have slammed the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for sending a delegation to visit Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, who is reportedly receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, in London.

According to them, the governors are helping Chime to perpetuate  has hold on power by all means.

Chime has been away from the country for over four months and with the nature of his illness shrouded in secrecy, there have been questions about his fitness to govern the state.

So, People cant visit ailing colleagues?! i dont gerrit... 

Disquiet in Enugu as Chime’s Children, Relations Leave for London...

The report that the health of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may have taken a turn for the worse following complications from a major surgery carried out on him in a London hospital is causing anxiety in the state.

Though the date and time of the said surgery was not made known when filing this report, informed sources said the governor may be suffering from a cancer-related ailment which prompted the surgery.

Initial reports had it that he was immediately flown to New Delhi in India where he was to be given a more serious medical attention, but government sources dismissed the report, insisting that the governor “who though had initially relapsed into coma” was still responding to treatment in the London hospital.

Enugu govt moves to bring Chime back before he's impeached!!!

Ailing Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may be “smuggled” into the country on December 31, the SUNDAY PUNCHlearnt on Friday.

Chime left the country on September 19 for medical treatment but the state government had continued to insist that he was only on vacation.

The six weeks leave of absence Chime applied for ended on November 2.

It was gathered that the state government muted the idea to bring Chime back in order to stop the state House of Assembly from initiating an impeachment process against him.

To make the journey back to Nigeria easy and without any discomfort for the governor who, had reportedly been bedridden since September 20, 2012, a reliable source at the Enugu State Government House stated that Chime was moved from an undisclosed hospital in New Delhi, India to another in London on Wednesday.

Pleading anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, the source said, “Chime, from what his wife said, is receiving treatment for leukaemia (cancer of the blood) and other diseases. There are plans to bring him home this year before the lawmakers make any move.”

Meanwhile, members of the Enugu State House of Assembly are weighing the option of impeaching Chime, among other considerations, if he fails to return to the country by January 2, 2012.

They commenced this move after the acting Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, presented the state 2013 budget last Friday.