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.
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