In a letter dated November 1, 2013, Mr. Falana, representing Mrs. Chime, pointed out that his client has been kept incommunicado in solitary confinement for over four months on the directives of Governor Chime.
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“Thus our client's fundamental rights to the dignity of her person, personal liberty, fair hearing, private and family life and freedom of movement guaranteed by the Constitution and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 have already been violated without any legal justification.
“Although our client's dehumanizing detention conditions have experienced deleterious effects on her psychological state along with her mental and physical health she has been denied access to her doctors by her abductors,” the petition said. “It is specially disturbing to see that some of the police and state security service personnel assigned to secure the safety of the Enugu State governor, his wife and other family members have aided and abetted Mr. Chime in subjecting our client to egregious infringements of her aforesaid fundamental rights,” the letter said.
Femi Falana admitted that Governor Chime is immune from prosecution underneath the Constitution. However, the police and state security service officials mixed up in illegal arrest and detention of Mrs. Chime ought to be sanctioned underneath the relevant laws.
It would be recalled that in a letter on October 28, Mrs. Chime complained that Governor Chime had placed her under house arrest, and begged human rights bodies to come quickly to her rescue.
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