You must appease the gods, Monarch tells Ebele Obiano…Bianca tells her story

The Obi of Awka Ancient Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, the Eze Uzu III of Awka, Obi Austin Ndigwe, said Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano committed sacrilege by fighting Bianca, the widow of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

RELIABLESOURCENG.COM reports that Mrs Obiano, former First Lady of Anambra State, threw decorum to the wind on Thursday, March 17, 2022, when she confronted Lady Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration of Professor Chukwuma Soludo as the new governor of Anambra, at Government House, Awka, state capital.

In a statement following the embarrassing incident, the monarch gave Mrs Obiano seven days to publicly apologise to the entire Igbo people or face serious consequences.

Obi Ndigwe said because the wife of the former governor committed a sacrilege by physically assaulting Ojukwu’s widow, he as the monarch of the town would have to appease the gods of Awka land to avoid calamities.

The monarch also said: “She should also tender an unreserved apology to the new governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for her disgraceful conduct during his inauguration.

“The same should go for the chief judge of the state who was conducting the swearing-in when she descended.

“This grave sin was committed in the land of Awka which is known for peace and unity. Therefore, as the traditional ruler of the people and chief custodian of our culture, I am under obligation to perform some sacrifices to cleanse our land of this filth and pollution and to appease the gods.”

Obi Ndigwe said he had spoken with Bianca after the incident and she told him that what angered her was that Mrs Obiano walked up to her and called her unprintable names and queried her presence at the swearing-in ceremony.

He said Ebele’s action was not only against Bianca but against the spirit of her late husband and founder of the APGA who Bianca came to represent.

Ndigwe said: “It must be pointed out that Bianca was not at that ceremony as Bianca, but as a direct representative of our late father and leader, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, her late husband who pioneered APGA.

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“Therefore, Ebele’s action of casting aspersion on her is an affront on the entire Igbo people. It was indeed on Odumegwu Ojukwu and not on Bianca as a person.

“This is an insult to Igbo and it must not go unpunished.

“It is on record that I took Obiano and his wife, Ebele, to Bianca Ojukwu where they knelt down while seeking the party’s governorship ticket.

“Bianca endorsed Obiano and called on all APGA members including then Governor Peter Obi to support him.

“Mrs Ebele Obiano has only seven days to apologise as demanded and directed or face serious consequences.”

Bianca Ojukwu – My Story

Meanwhile, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu has given an account of what transpired between her and Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of the former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.

In a statement after the development Bianca, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain explained: “As the inaugural ceremonies for Prof Charles Soludo and his deputy began and all guests were seated, the former First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebele Obiano, was noticeably absent. 

“She then arrived some one-and-a-half hours later while the ceremony was on. I didn’t pay any particular attention to her arrival. 

“Surprisingly, she then walked towards me and I thought she was coming to greet me. Instead, when she got to where I was seated, she verbally attacked me with her voice raised, taunting me and asking me what I was there to do and 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 aggressively putting her hands on my shoulders and shouting. While I ignored her verbal onslaught, as advised by those sitting around me, I requested twice that she refrain from touching me with her hands.

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“She proceeded to do so yet again and went further to grab at my headtie, which she attempted unsuccessfully to remove.

“This very act is considered a sacrilege to a titled matriarch such as myself in Igbo culture. It was at this point that 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 held on to her wig with her two hands and tried to take the wig away from me. 

“The former APGA chairman, Umeh, told her to leave me and told engaged APGA members that had gathered at the spot to lead her away, which they did and took her to the seat next to her husband Chief Willie Obiano who sat through the entire episode completely speechless. 

“What struck me through the whole episode was the fact that she was clearly intoxicated. I was stunned by the stench of whisky in her breath at such an early hour of the day. 

“How could a first lady be so drunk and proceeded to turn up in that state at an Inauguration ceremony that began at 9am?

“It is unfortunate that she threw all caution to the wind and imported this kind of melodrama to a state ceremony.

 “This was highly embarrassing to the Governor who left the venue almost immediately, taking her along with him. 

“Luckily, this did not disrupt the proceedings and I stayed back to witness the ceremony to the end after which we were treated to a sumptuous reception at the Government House. “