The widow of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu had earlier stated her intention to run for Senate.
She has generally gotten a lot of support with reports stating that she even had the backing of 15 billionaires who are ready to bankroll her Senate run.
However, her problems and detractors are closer to home– her stepkids.
Apparently, Bianca isn’t a very popular figure in the Ojukwu household as some of the sons of the fallen hero do not feel that she can represent them properly.
According to the Nation, there is the notion that Bianca isn’t really from Anambra and that she is also a woman who can get married to anyone and switch allegiances.
According to Dr. Ike Ojukwu, director of Ojukwu Transport Company Limited, “Is she from Nnewi? She is from Ngwo in Enugu State. If you ask me, I would prefer someone who is a son of the soil, and because I come from Nnewi, I would like an Nnewi indigene to represent us.”
In a more scathing viewpoint, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (Jnr) said: “She is apparently coming out under APGA and that is APGA’s business. They can decide on whomever they want to bring out really, that should not be my business as far as I am concerned but I do find it curious that you want somebody from Enugu State to come and represent us at Anambra South.
Ojukwu added: “A young woman who was supposedly married to my father who is late; a young woman who could remarry tomorrow maybe from Abia State or later from Sokoto State. And you want her to come and represent us. I wonder if there are no other people in Anambra South that can represent us?
“Has anybody asked Odumegwu household whether we believe in her to represent us? This is a woman we don’t interact with. She doesn’t talk to us. She can’t cross into our properties. She can’t cross our gate in the village. She doesn’t associate with the members of the family.
“There are certain questions that would have been asked before moving in that particular direction. Like I said, APGA is free to field whoever they want to field. And I know that APC is trying to field a very credible candidate and when we get to the field of justice we will see what happens,” Ojukwu added.