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Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has broken his silence on the breach of protocol at his inauguration, attributing the incident to a “personal issue”.

A mild drama occurred at the inauguration ceremony when the wife of former Governor Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu engaged in a physical fight at the event.

In a statement Joe C. Anatune Head, Soludo Media, issued on his behalf, Soludo apologised to all Anambra people, friends and guests for the breach of protocol.

Although he did not mention the names of Ojukwu’s widow and Obiano’s wife, it was clear that he was referring to them.

He stated that the breach was caused by improper communication which arose from a personal issue “between the two parties involved in the breach”.

Soludo said, “Steps are being taken to resolve the misunderstanding and restore the parties to their previous relationship.

“Anambra State has over the years been known for a huge stock of social harmony, and the stock will increase substantially in the years ahead as part of the concerted effort to accelerate the state’s development.”

Nigerians are reacting to the attack on Her Excellency, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the founder of APGA, Emeka Ojukwu by the immediate past first lady of Anambra state Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano during the inauguration ceremony of Governor Charles Soludo as the sixth Governor of Anambra State.

Reacting to the development, the Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Senator Stella Ada Oduah condemned the development in strong terms saying, the conduct of Mrs Obiano was indecorous and unbecoming of a woman.

Oduah in her verified Facebook page on Thursday said she condemned in very strong terms, the unwarranted attack against the wife of an illustrious son of Anambra State, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu.

“I wish to add that the act exhibited by the former first lady was indecorous and unbecoming of a woman who had acted as a mother of the state and even desirous of serving in other capacities.

“More condemnable is even the gutter and vulgar language used by Mrs Obiano to describe her fellow woman, who is even a widow.

“I have always held the view that it is only weak minds that label hardworking women like Bianca with nasty names such as “ashawo” and it is more unfortunate when a woman, especially one that has been around the corridors of power, is the one hurling such baseless and regretful invectives against a fellow woman.

“What the world witnessed on Thursday at the swearing-in ceremony is utterly disgraceful, unfortunate, crude and should never be emulated by the millions of our young girls and women who often look up to public figures with respect to how they conduct themselves”, she added.

She recalled in the statement that a few days ago, an innocent woman was publicly paraded naked in the same community the immediate past first lady hails from, “and one would have thought that rather than showcase this brute nature of fighting and engaging in public fisticuffs with her guest, she should have exerted same energy and fighting spirit in ensuring that Justice is done for that widow.

“It saddens me a great deal to see the wife of an illustrious Anambra son, the pride of Ndigbo and an achiever that was once an ambassador of the Federal Republic, being attacked unprovoked and I join all right-thinking persons on this.

“It saddens me a great deal to see the wife of an illustrious Anambra son, the pride of Ndigbo and an achiever that was once an ambassador of the Federal Republic, being attacked unprovoked and I join all right-thinking persons in praying that we never ever record this type of travesty again in our history as a state”.

Also, many Nigerians on Facebook reacted to the development saying, she is known for such behaviour. Read some of the comments below:

Kemi Law wrote’’ My ex- neighbour’s mum once worked closely with that riff-raff and I heard several horror stories about her. Very unbecoming of a First Lady aka Thug’’

‘’Astonishingly beautiful” or not, whoever is right we should not be browbeating into accepting the lowest standards. With a myriad of existential issues at hand, this is where we find ourselves? People of my age still recall how well people like Mrs Flora Azikiwe comported. I suppose it is a nice distraction for people hunting for fuel’’, Adekanmi Ademiluyi wrote.

‘’Willie Obiano’s grand exit from office has been ruined by his controversial wife, Ebele. She had the effrontery to attack one of Nigeria’s long-standing sweethearts, Ex-beauty Queen, wife of the Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, daughter of Chief C.C. Onoh, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu. Bianca retaliated with a slap…. Mrs Obiano’s behaviour is the worst display of rascality from a First Lady even with Nigeria’s inglorious history of abuse of public office by wives of high ranking public officials. What now happens to her senatorial ambition?!’’