Governor Sullivan Chime, who has been missing
from Enugu State since September 2012 when he applied accumulated leave
that ought to have lasted only one and a half months, is battling heart
disease in London’s Cromwell Hospital, sources have told
SaharaReporters.
Despite efforts to ferry him home to quell public restlessness in the
State, the condition of the governor, whose medical sojourn started in
India, has remained dire.The prolonged absence of the Governor has left the state under the
complete control of his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo. Deputy
Governor Sunday Onyebuchi, who is a neophyte, is limited to monetary
spending limit of not more than N500,000k at a time.
Before becoming governor, Mr. Chime was