Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano after receiving the slap (left), and Mrs Bianca Odimegwu Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s wife Ambassador Bianca has finally provided explanations regarding what led to her slapping Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, the wife of the former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano.
The slapping saga, which took place during the inauguration of Prof. Charles Chukwuemeka Soludo as the new governor of Anambra State on Thursday March 17 has attracted all sorts of comments from the bewildered public that watched in amazement the show of shame displayed by the cantankerous wife of Willie Obiano who incidentally has also been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) shortly after he handed over.
Trending videos on social media showed Bianca and former governor Willie Obiano’s wife, engaged each other in an open brawl at the event to the astonishment of the dignitaries present and the entire nation. The physical engagement between the two women however drew nationwide condemnation of their indecent display.
Bianca Ojukwu in a statement at the weekend alleged that Mrs Obiano inelegantly cat-walked towards her and began to taunt her and rained abuses on her as well. Bianca also claimed that the former First Lady was oozing of Whiskey that early morning, which was very irritating. Coupled with the abuses, which she said were unprintable, Bianca said she could no longer endure at some point during the encounter.
She said Mrs Obiano’s refusal to stay away from her sufficiently infuriated her, which prompted her to issue her a dirty slap, which attracted public intervention to separate them from the ensuing fight. Obiano’s wife then attempted to fight back, calling Bianca all sorts of indecent names.
Bianca further revealed that the Anambra former First Lady walked up to her where she was seated on the front row with a former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, smelling of alcohol, indicating that she was substantially drunk that early morning and immediately began to abuse her, which prompted her to react.
She said, “I didn’t pay any attention to her (Mrs Obiano’s) late arrival to the venue of the inauguration. Surprisingly, she then walked towards me, and I thought she was coming to greet me. Instead, she verbally attacked me with her voice raised, taunting me and asking me what I was there to do, using unprintable, vile language. She asked if I had come to celebrate their last day in office but I ignored her completely. Then she kept on aggressively putting her hand on my shoulders and shouting. While I ignored her verbal onslaught as advised by people sitting around me, I requested twice that she refrains from touching me with her hands.
“She proceeded to do so yet again, and tried to touch my head and remove my head tie. It was at this point I stood up to defend myself and gave her a dirty slap to stop her from attacking me. As she made towards me, I then pulled away her wig, she then held on to her wig with her two hands and tried to take the wig away from me.
“The former APGA chairman, Victor Umeh, told her to leave me and told everyone to leave. I was stunned by the stench of whisky in her breath at such an early hour of the day. How could the first lady be so drunk at that time? I stayed back to watch the ceremony till the end and left with my dignity intact”, Bianca Ojukwu stated.
