Tag: Ebele Obiano

Obiano’s Wife Wins APGA Ticket For Anambra North Senate Poll
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Obiano’s Wife Wins APGA Ticket For Anambra North Senate Poll

A former first lady and wife of the immediate past government of Anambra state, Ebelechukwu Obiano, has won the Anambra North senatorial primary election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Mrs Obiano defeated her husband’s former Chief of Staff, Mr Primus Odili in a keenly contested primary election at the Ikpeazu Sports Stadium, Onitsha, on Sunday. While announcing Obiano as the winner, Mr Ikenna Osuji, the Returning Officer of the primary elections committee, said she scored 152 votes to defeat his closest rival, Odili, who polled 120 votes, with the other 2 aspirants, Mr Sam Onwuteaka and Mr Tony Nnacheta getting 2 votes each. Osuji described the election as peaceful, adding that delegates and aspirants conducted themselves in an orderly manner. This electio...
Obiano’s Wife Declares Senatorial Ambition, Apologises To Soludo
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Obiano’s Wife Declares Senatorial Ambition, Apologises To Soludo

Ebele Obiano The immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has declared her intention to join the contest for the forthcoming Anambra North Senatorial District election. Obiano also apologised to Governor Charles Soludo, Ndigbo and friends of Ndigbo over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu in Awka at the inauguration programme of Soludo on March 17, 2022. The former First Lady, according to a statement on Wednesday, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, adding that she would serve to empower the poor and needy, especially women and children. She said, “My interest to join the senatorial race is in response to an overwhelming pressure and calls from my people to represent them in the Senate at the National Assembly in Abuja. As has been at...
Bianca-Ebele Slap Was A Comic Relief – Soludo
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Bianca-Ebele Slap Was A Comic Relief – Soludo

The governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has stated that the clash between former First Lady, Ebelechukwu Obiano and Bianca, widow of Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, held no interest to him beyond its comic value. Ebele and Bianca had clashed at the inauguration of the governor on Thursday, resulting in social media trends. See Also: Ebele Obiano: I Went To Greet Bianca Ojukwu & She Slapped Me Commenting on the clash during an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday. He said, "(It's) the comedy that has emerged from it all that I have enjoyed. There is no distraction whatsoever. I think it was meant to be. Sometime to come, there will even be some movies or comedies and even a song out of that. "As you saw, I didn't even notice much of what happened. I t...
Ebele Obiano: I Went To Greet Bianca Ojukwu & She Slapped Me
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Ebele Obiano: I Went To Greet Bianca Ojukwu & She Slapped Me

Ms Ebelechukwu Obiano has spoken out following her fight with Ms Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration of Charles Soludo as the governor of Anambra State. Speaking about the events of March 17, Ebele said she had left her seat to greet Bianca but the latter reacted to her greeting by slapping her.According to a statement released by Ebele Obiano's spokesperson, Chidiebele Obika, the wife of the former Governor of Anambra State said all she did was approach the former beauty queen for their usual friendly banters only to be slapped and pushed by her. See Also: Ojukwu’ Widow, Slaps Gov. Obiano’s Wife At Soludo’s Inauguration (Video)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 th...