April 26, (THEWILL) – Clara Chime, a former first lady of Enugu State, is all set to put the unfortunate demise of her first marriage and is all set to give love a second chance.
Clara, who used to be married to the state’s former governor, Sullivan Chime, will be holding her traditional marriage to wealthy northern businessman, on April 29th, at Amuda Isuochi, Umunneochi LGA in Abia state.
According to sources, she reportedly met the man she is about to marry through one of the daughters of late President Umaru Yar’adua, who was her former classmate in school.
Clara’s marriage is coming over 10 years after she ended the nightmare she experienced in the hands of Sullivan.
Clara wasn’t his first wife, as Sullivan was previously married before he met her. His wife ran off, allegedly due to the maltreatment she suffered in the hands of Sullivan.
So liberated was she after she ran off that she never returned to face Sullivan during her son’s wedding, years later.
He then met Clara years later, married her and began abusing her. He started by exercising undue control over her as he stopped her from working, limited her interaction with people and even got some of her friends arrested when they visited her.
He limited her contact with her family, except her sister and brother, who aligned himself with Sullivan for contracts and free money. At some point, he was given the contract to execute the biggest Diagnostic Centre in Enugu.
Clara fell into depression and he started sedating her and prevented her access to her son.
Sullivan traumatised her, locked and chained her up like a dog.
He claimed she was a mental patient and didn’t want to take her to a psychiatric hospital.
Her younger sister, who was staying with her at the government house was alleged to be Sullivan’s side piece and besides warming his bed, would only eat food served by her.
Of course Clara had no power to send her away. Her brother in particular was in support of the illicit affair, which was part of what affected her mental health.
Besides her younger sister, Sullivan was notorious with young ladies in Enugu back then and openly flaunted his relationships with them. Any young lady he bedded automatically got a Kia Picanto saloon car.
Clara managed to sneak out a letter to human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), who got concerned about her situation and raised hell and high water.
Sullivan in an attempt to exonerate himself, organised a press conference and asked her to denounce the issues she raised against him. She initially refused, but soon succumbed to pressure to denounce her accusations.
Ironically, her brother was by Sullivan’s side at the press conference and admitted that his sister indeed had mental issues.
The timely intervention of human rights organisations forced Sullivan to give Clara her freedom.
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