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  • Bianca Ojukwu shades Ebele Obiano after losing her senatorial election

    Bianca Ojukwu shades Ebele Obiano after losing her senatorial election

    Former Nigeria Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, has shaded the wife of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano after the latter lost her Senatorial election.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Mrs Obiano lost in the Anambra North Senatorial election to Labour Party’s Tony Nwoye.

    Recall that Mrs Obiano and Bianca were involved in a slapping incident during the swearing-in ceremony of Governor Soludo in April 2022. The animosity between both women appears not to have dissipated.

    In an apparent reaction to Obiano’s loss at the Senatorial election, Bianca, widow of the late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, posted a tin of blended tomatoes and wrote;

    “KARMA IS ALWAYS SERVED PIPING HOT AND RIGHT ON TIME….

    “Anambra North…. Anyi aga Ejezikwa Abuja ooo???

    “Never seek to acquire those things which you actively work devilishly hard to deny others…..maka na agbasia oso, Aguo mile.

    “Just cooking my jollof rice with special tomato stew with my custom branded tomato paste with extra hot pepper mix (Distributors needed Nationwide) which I will settle down to enjoy with a chilled bottle of four cousins….Come and eat…

    “Nansense!!!! ife di njo adiro mma…”

    Bianca Ojukwu shades Ebele Obiano after losing her senatorial election

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Nwoye defeated Senator Stella Oduah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Mrs Ebele of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

    Tony Nwoye of the Labour Party (LP) won the Anambra North Senatorial District election.

    It was gathered that Senator Oduah, a former aviation minister, lost in all the seven local government areas of Anambra North Senatorial District, namely Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Oyi, Ogbaru, Anambra East, Anambra West and Ayamelum.

  • Why I didn’t bother returning Bianca’s slap – Ebelechukwu Obiano

    Why I didn’t bother returning Bianca’s slap – Ebelechukwu Obiano

    The wife of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, Mrs. Ebelechukwu, has explained why she did not return the slap given to her by the former Nigerian ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, during the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the Governor of Anambra State on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

     

    Recall that Bianca had narrated that Ebelechukwu harassed and went as far as pulling her head tie, which is considered sacrilege in Igbo culture, considering her (Bianca) traditional title.

    Bianca said she got on her feet to defend herself and landed a dirty slap on the former First Lady’s face to restrain her.

     

    In a statement by the spokesperson of Ebelechukwu, Chidiebele Obika, the former governor’s wife said, all she did was approach the former beauty queen for their usual friendly banters only to be slapped and pushed by her.
    She wondered what brought about “so much anger and hate” that would cause a former diplomat to be unable to “manage herself in public”.

     

    Mrs. Obiano stated that she didn’t bother returning the slap; instead, she walked away in utter bewilderment.

     

    According to Bianca’s statement released on Friday, March 18, 2022, the widow of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu stated: “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 refrained from touching me with her hands.

     

    “She proceeded to do so yet again and went further to grab at my head tie, 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 it towards me, I then pulled away from 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 (Chief Victor 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.”

  • Why I gave Obiano’s wife a ‘dirty’ slap – Bianca Ojukwu opens up

    Why I gave Obiano’s wife a ‘dirty’ slap – Bianca Ojukwu opens up

    Bianca Ojukwu, widow of late Odumegwu Ojukwu has explained why she slapped Ebelechukwu Obiano at the inauguration ceremony of Prof. Charles Soludo.

    Bianca in an interview with Arise TV on Friday said Mrs Obiano was noticeably absent as the inauguration ceremony started but arrived an hour later.

    “I did not pay any attention to her arrival. Surprisingly, she 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,” Bianca said.

    According to her, Obiano’s wife asked if she was at the inauguration to celebrate their last day in office

    “I left her but 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 headtie.

    “It was at that point I stood up to defend myself and gave her a dirty slap to stop her from attacking me. As she made it towards me, I removed her wig, she then held on to her wig with her two hands and tried to take the wig away from me,” she said.

    Bianca also revealed that while people tried to separate them, she was surprised by the stench of whisky in Ebelechukwu’s 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 said.

  • We did not take Obiano’s wife with him – EFCC clarifies

    We did not take Obiano’s wife with him – EFCC clarifies

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of the former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano was not taken with him into their custody.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Head of Media and Publicity of EFFC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren made the clarification in an interview on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    Uwujaren further confirmed that the former Anambra State Governor is still in the custody of the EFCC, undergoing interrogation after his arrest on Thursday.

    Obiano, who was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, was moved to Abuja on Friday morning.

    The EFCC spokesman emphasized that the former Governor had not been released.

    “The former governor is currently in our custody undergoing interrogation, and I cannot say exactly when he will be released. I don’t know how long the exercise will take.

    “All I can tell you now is that he is still in EFCC’s custody in Abuja,” he said.

    Uwujaren said he was unaware of the arrest of the wife of the former governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano.

  • EFCC makes u-turn, transfers Obiano from Lagos to Abuja

    EFCC makes u-turn, transfers Obiano from Lagos to Abuja

    The immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has been transferred from Lagos State to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for further investigation.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is contrary to earlier report that Obiano, who was seen leaving the EFCC office in Lagos in company of his wife, Ebelechukwu Obiano, had been released.

    Recall that the antigraft agency arrested Obiano on Thursday at about 8.30 pm at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos over corruption allegations.

    He was arrested as he was preparing to board a flight to Houston, Texas in the United States of America (USA).

    This was hours after Obiano dropped his constitutional immunity after handing over as governor of Anambra State.

    Following the report that Obiano had been released, the EFCC clarified on Friday that the suspect was actually being taken away from their Lagos office to Abuja for further investigation.

    The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujiaren, confirmed the recent development in Lagos.

    “The ex-governor was arrested in Lagos, but was moved to Abuja this morning (Friday),” Uwujiaren said.

    The commission’s spokesperson said that Obiano had been on the EFCC’s watch list for some months, adding that his immunity as a governor prevented his arrest until he handed over to his successor.

    Uwujiaren said the commission had requested the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to provide information on the former governor’s movement out of the country from airports, or other points of exit from the country.

    However, the Commission is yet to release details of Obiano’s offence.

  • BREAKING: EFCC releases Obiano, wife

    BREAKING: EFCC releases Obiano, wife

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports wife of the former Governor, Ebelechukwu Obiano was also released by the antigraft agency.

    This is coming after the EFCC arrested Obiano and his wife in Lagos State shortly after he handed over power to Prof. Charles Soludo as the governor of Anambra.

    ALSO READ || EFCC makes u-turn, transfers Obiano from Lagos to Abuja

    Obiano was arrested along with his wife at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, reportedly trying to travel to Houston, Texas in the United States of America (USA).

    But they have been released by the antigraft agency barely hours after they were intercepted at the airport.

    Meanwhile, details of why Obiano and his wife were arrested in the first place were still sketchy at the time of filing this report.

    However, the EFCC had said the former Anambra State Governor had been on its watchlist prior to Thursday’s hand over of power to Soludo.

    It is not yet clear if Obiano and his wife would still be allowed to proceed out of the country following their release by the EFCC.

  • VIDEO: Watch moments Bianca Ojukwu slapped Obiano’s wife at Soludo’s inauguration

    VIDEO: Watch moments Bianca Ojukwu slapped Obiano’s wife at Soludo’s inauguration

    Wife of former Governor Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu and the widow of Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu engaged in a physical fight when Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo was inaugurated as Governor of Anambra State on Thursday.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Prof Soludo was sworn in as the 6th democratically elected Governor of Anambra along with his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim by Hon. Justice Onochie Manasseh Anyachebelu, Chief Judge of the State.

    However, the events of the inauguration of Soludo was marred as Ebelechukwu and Bianca engaged in the fight after the former stepped in and moved to the front row where the widow of Ojukwu was seated.

    According to an eyewitness, Obiano’s wife was greeting dignitaries already seated when she got to where Ojukwu’s wife was seated. However, Ebelechukwu engaged Bianca in a quarrel, accusing her to have said she will never attend a function of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

    “Bianca, so you are here, what are you doing here, I thought you said you will never attend any APGA event again,” Obiano’s wife was quoted to have said to Bianca.

    Ojukwu’s wife who was seemingly provoked by the remark stood up quickly and slapped Ebelechukwu, dragging her wig off her head. In a video in circulation, Ebelechukwu could be seen trying to dress herself up after the fight.

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  • BREAKING: Ex Gov Obiano’s wife, Ebelechukwu slapped by Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration

    BREAKING: Ex Gov Obiano’s wife, Ebelechukwu slapped by Bianca Ojukwu at Soludo’s inauguration

    Drama ensued on Thursday at the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the Governor of Anambra State when the wife of the outgoing Gov. Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu was slapped by Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the event.

    The incident occurred immediately after Soludo took his oath of office. Dignitaries including former Governor Obiano were already seated when Mrs Obiano stepped in and moved to the front row where the widow of Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu was seated.

    According to an eyewitness, Obiano’s wife was greeting dignitaries already seated when she got to where Ojukwu’s wife was seated. However, Ebelechukwu engaged Bianca in a quarrel, accusing her to have said she will never attend a function of the ruling party.

    “Bianca, so you are here, what are you doing here, I thought you said you will never attend any APGA event again,” Obiano’s wife was quoted to have said to Bianca.

    Ojukwu’s wife who was seemingly provoked by the remark stood up quickly and slapped Ebelechukwu, dragging her wig off her head.

    The action drew the attention of security agents and some personalities who pulled Mrs Obiano off the hold of Bianca.

    Mrs Obiano was later taken away and shortly afterwards, her husband left the venue since the incident happened after the new governor had been sworn in.