It has become a slapstick classic and viral meme on the internet; the slap Bianca Ojukwu, delivered to Ebele Obiano, wife of the former Governor of Anambra state at the inauguration of Charles Soludo, the new Governor of Anambra state.
Let me start by saying, I was shocked at Bianca, a woman I have long admired and followed since her days as MBGM (most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria) in 1988 could get into an altercation in public. She went on to win many more international beauty pageants- Miss Africa- 1988, Miss Intercontinental- 1989.
These are no easy feats considering that she is not just beauty, she is brains. A graduate of the University of Buckingham; UNN and Nigerian Law School, Bianca is well educated; now add that to the fact that she was born into class; her father was the former governor of Anambra state and she married one of the most celebrated, wealthy and cerebral men in Nigeria, the late Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
Now, after all said and not quite done with this Lady Bianca, to hear that she slapped the wife of an outgoing governor at a public function for that matter, didn’t quite sound like the polished lady I had admired for so long.
Who is Ebele Obiano?
She is the wife of Willie Obiano, former Governor of Anambra state.
She is reported to have come late for the inauguration and insisted on being driven straight to the arena. Security operatives refused because madam came late and that door of privilege had long been shut. So she was forced to trek a short distance to where a seat had been reserved for her. After sitting for a while, she sighted Lady Bianca Ojukwu, a few feet away from her and made a move I am sure she utterly regrets now.
That move was not only unladylike; one would have thought that even if she was bestie with Bianca, she should have waited for the ceremony to be over before sauntering right across in her feathery pink dress and skewed blonde wig to taunt Bianca.
Details of exactly what she said is blurry; some report say she asked Bianca what she was doing at an APGA event after all, Bianca had vowed never to be a part of the Party again after Mrs. Obiano was reported to have scuttled Bianca’s senatorial ambitions in 2019.
Other reports said Ebele mocked Bianca saying, “I thought you said we would never be governor.”
The question to ask Bianca Ojukwu is, why did you not just ignore this feathery woman and act like no one’s talking?
Bianca is reported to have said, in an interview with Arise TV, that Mrs Obiano reeked of whisky, and was aggressively putting her hand on her shoulders and at some point wanted to push off her headtie.
Then again, Bianca had heard the rumours, Mrs Obiano is a slapper, people beware!
Rumours abound about Mrs Obiano slapping other ladies in public; Ebele Obiano is reported to have slapped Mrs. Okeke, the wife of her husband’s deputy sometime in 2014. Mrs. Okeke is reported to have complained that Mrs. Obiano wasn’t carrying her along in the affairs concerning women in the state. (Go google the story.)
Mrs. Obiano she is reported to have slapped a lady in pubic for allegedly sleeping with her husband and she is even reported to slap their drivers at will. (Google is our friend)
True or not, Mrs Obiano did not show class. Many of the stories about her are unsavoury and even if one were to dismiss all of these, what happened at Charles Soludo’s inauguration puts a stamp to all the unkind things said of her, this is who she truly is.
So when Mrs. Obiano in her feathery pink garb staggered to Bianca across the front row with cameras flashing and the Master of Ceremony still working for his money, Bianca didn’t want to join the statistics, she was quick to the draw and delivered a slap so swiftly, it shocked Mrs. Obiano and almost knocked off her wig!
Heaven forbid the wig falls off your head in public, the spectacle uncovered will forever traumatize the spectators!
See, we women don’t look good arranging skewed wigs in public; it shows off our insecurities and our vulnerability. It’s kind of like the wind exposing the chicken’s rump, it’s not a pretty sight.
But Mrs. Obiano recovered quickly, though and once she was sure her wig hadn’t fallen off, good thing she sewed it tight; she clawed at Bianca and thankfully, thankfully before it degenerated into tearing of clothes and exposing diamond bras, some people came between the two women, suing for peace.
And by the way, who is that man, who under the guise of separating the women was tapping current from Bianca? Ojukwu will shock you, o!