The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has given Governor Sullivan Chime of EnuguState, 21 days, to apologize to his estranged wife, Clara, or face a legal action.
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Addressing newsmen in Abuja in commemoration of the 2013 World Human Rights Day, the group further implored the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to promptly release the final report of its investigation into the petition that was filed before it by Governor Chime's wife, even as it condemned the preliminary report that suggested that the woman was mentally deranged.
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Speaking through its National Coordinator, Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA decried that Enugu State, is among the few states yet to domesticate many of the pro-women and pro-children legislations like the Child's Rights Act of 2003, "In fact, Enugu is one of the 12 States of the federation and the only state in Southern Nigeria yet to domesticate the Child's Rights Act," it added.
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He said: "Recall that HURIWA commended Chief Femi Falana, SAN, for accepting the challenge to seek redress for the detained Clara Chime and also recall that the National Human Rights Commission, at the instance of a petition filed in that regard by Chief Falana, stepped into the matter and commenced investigation into the allegation of illegal detention of a Nigerian citizen inside a Government House built with tax payers' money, but turned into an illegal detention facility allegedly by the Governor of Enugu State.
Well we just have to wait and see if that will happen before 21 days. I'm so much interested in seeing how this will pan out