Bianca Onoh Ojukwu Told To Drop Senatorial Ambition Because She Is a Woman
The children of former governor of Anambra State, Late C.C Onoh– the father of Dame Bianca Onoh Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the widow of Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu have risen in support of their sister against the stance of some of the children of the Eze Ndigbo for their open attack on their late father’s wife, for seeking to represent Anambra South senatorial district in 2019.
Though Bianca hails from Ngwo town, in Enugu State, she was married to Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State.
They are also opposed to her aspirations on the ground that Bianca could, in the future, marry a man from another state.
From their own end, on behalf of the family of late C. C. Onoh, Bianca’s brother, Dr Josef Umunnakwe Onoh who spoke on behalf of Chief C. C. Onoh’s family, from his base in London, the United Kingdom, said Ojukwu’s children, particularly Debe, were ignorant of Nigerian laws on matrimony. He also dismissed Ojukwu’s children’s claims that the marriage between their father and Bianca was not contracted in the proper procedure.
“I, Umunnakwe handed over Bianca to their late father, Ikemba. I flew in from London, under 24 hours, just to hand her over to Ikemba because my father was not disposed and insisted I did that. Even the family’s wedding gift, I was the one who gave it,” he said.
Umunnakwe said Emeka Ojukwu jnr was not in a position to talk on the matter because he belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and not the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
“It is either Nnewi people, the Anambra South senatorial district or her political party, APGA that would have to decide who will represent them but I can assure our in-law’s children that we will meet at Bianca’s swearing-in ceremony,” he added.
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He challenged Emeka Ojukwu jnr to field a better candidate than Bianca, if he has one, in his political party, the APC, instead of dancing naked in the market place because of his sister’s aspiration.
“What their father, Ikemba, represented was beyond APGA but for Ndigbo because his was an ideology. For Debe to say that their father’s wife is not Nnewi, is a shameful exhibition of his ignorance of the law as a lawyer he claims. He is also not in touch with the reality of Nigeria’s constitution,” he said.