Obiano’s wife defeats husband ex-Chief of Staff, wins senatorial ticket

Ebelechukwu, wife of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on Sunday, defeated her husband’s former Chief of Staff, Mr Primus Odili, to emerge the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for Anambra North Senatorial District.

Obiano, at the APGA primaries held at Chuba Ikpeazu Stadium, Onitsha, Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, polled 152 votes while her closest rival, Odili got 120.

Other aspirants include the state’s former Commissioner for Information, Mr Tony Nnacheta, who got 02 votes, and Mr Onwuteaka Sam Jnr who also got 02 votes.

Mrs Obiano had made headlines in March at the inauguration of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as the governor of Anambra State when she engaged in fisticuffs at the event with Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu.

The incident occurred immediately after Soludo took his oath of office.

The Star had reported that there was an exchange of words between the duo which led to Bianca slapping the ex-governor’s wife.

However, Mrs. Obiano, who spoke on the brawl via a statement by her spokesperson, Chidiebele Obika, said she had left her seat to greet Bianca, but the latter reacted to her greeting with a slap.

The former Anambra First Lady added that all she did was approach Mrs. Ojukwu for their usual friendly banters only to be slapped and pushed by the widow of Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Mrs. Obiano further expressed confusion over what brought about “so much anger and hate” that would cause a former diplomat to be unable to “manage herself in public”.

The immediate past governor’s wife stated that she didn’t bother returning the slap, adding that she walked away in confusion after the incident occurred.

Earlier, Bianca had said she slapped Mrs. Obiano after the former governor’s wife “verbally attacked me with her voice raised, taunting me and asking me what I was there to do and using unprintable vile language”.

The former Nigerian ambassador to Spain added that she had attempted to ignore the immediate past governor’s wife despite the use of vulgar language directed at her.

The Star