It was dramatic as the wife of the immediate governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano and the widow of the late Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, exchanged blows as the new governor of the state, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo took oath of office as the sixth democratically-elected governor of the state.
Although, the cause of the public fight is still sketchy, it was learnt that Mrs. Obiano was earlier locked out of the inauguration venue.
They held each other on hairs and also exchanged hot blows, while former Governor Obiano himself sat amazed in a cushion.
It took a prompt intervention of some security men, speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Okafor, Archbishop Alexander Ibezim, the newly-sworn-in Deputy Governor, Dr. Ibezim and his wife; and other guests to separate the two women,
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