Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano made her intention to join the contest for the forthcoming Anambra North Senatorial District election known to a selected group of journalists in Awka saying that, “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, Abuja”.
The former
First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has formerly apologised to
Governor Charles Chukwuma 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.
This was,
even as she has also
According
to her, “As has been attested to by the good people of Anambra State, service
to people, humanity and sharing love and putting smiles on sad faces are my
priority in life, and I know that it is the will of God because the Bible says
that God is Love.
“Therefore,
having witnessed and been positively touched by my ever willing disposition to
care for people, empower the poor and needy, especially women and children,
particularly widows, orphans and the destitute, my people decided that I should
come and serve them better in a higher capacity,” she said.
The former
First Lady therefore said that she is willing, ready and has accepted the call
by her people to come and service them.
Fielding
questions about the incident between her and Bianca, Ebelechukwu said that she
has put all of that behind her as a God-fearing person, adding that she
remained grateful to God that she resisted and overcame the temptation to
retaliate the physical assault meted out on her.
She added
that, “As a peaceful person that I am well known for, violence has never been
in my character” and so she remained “grateful to several elders, statesmen,
friends and associates of the Obianos, as well as countless number of good
people of Anambra State who called and expressed their concerns and offered
wise counsels and words of comfort after the unfortunate drama”.
In a
letter addressed to Governor Soludo titled “A Public Apology”, Mrs Obiano
stated that, “Permit me to use this medium to humbly convey to you my sincere,
heartfelt and unreserved apology for the unfortunate incident between Mrs
Bianca Ojukwu and myself on Thursday, March 17, 2022, the day of your
inauguration as the new Executive Governor of Anambra State in which you took
over from my husband, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano.
“The
incident, to say the least, was most unnecessary, unfortunate and I regret my
action. It was an unintended action as violence is never in my character.
“Your
Excellency, Sir, I hold your person, your ideals, the records of your great
accomplishments in public service in Nigeria and beyond, as well as their
concomitant collosal impacts in public policies in highest esteem.
“Without
any equivocation, your achievements as a towering intellectual of national and
international repute are enduring legacies and pride for the State and Ndigbo
in general.
“I will
therefore never deliberately engage in any activity or action to disrespect you
and your Government.
“All those
who know me can testify that before and throughout my eight years as the First
Lady of State, I pursued peace, promoted philanthropic gestures which empowered
many of our less privileged people. No excuse can therefore be tenable as
justification for such public embarrassment, no matter the height of
provocation.
“Equally,
I wish to extend the same apology to all the important dignitaries, the people
of Anambra State, as well as the entire Ndigbo for that unintended
embarrassment at the occasion.
“I want to
use this opportunity to pledge that I will wholeheartedly support and pray for
the Government of His Excellency, Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, to excell
exceedingly better than the immediate past government, even as he builds on the
legacy of his predecessor, my husband, His Excellency, Chief Willie Obiano, and
take our dear State to a higher level.
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