Bianca Ojukwu has revealed the reason she slapped the immediate past, First Lady of Anambra State, Ebele Obiano, during the inauguration ceremony of Charles Soludo.
She said Obiano’s wife who was absent at the start of the inauguration ceremony walked up to her and verbally abused her with her voice raised as soon as she arrived.
According to her, the former governor’s wife also questioned her attendance at the inauguration, wondering if she was there to commemorate their last day in office.
The former Nigerian ambassador to Spain claimed she warned Ebele to keep away, but she tried to remove her head tie by stroking her head.
She also claimed she hit Ebele to stop her from attacking her at that point.
Speaking with Arise TV on Friday, Bianca said “I didn’t pay any attention to her arrival,” she admitted. She unexpectedly walked towards me, and I mistook her for someone going to meet me. Instead, she verbally assaulted me with her voice raised, insulting me and asking me what I was there to accomplish, using filthy words that could not be printed.
“I walked away, but she continued to scream and put her hand on my shoulders.
“I requested twice that she desist from touching me with her hands, even though individuals seated around me counseled me to ignore her verbal barrage. She did it again, this time attempting 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 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.
Bianca added, “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.”
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