In 1989 the late Biafra hero, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu authored a book titled ‘Because I am Involved?’ which sold like a hot cake as not a few rushed to buy it wanting to read the Biafra story from the main character in the war but they all got disappointed that the war hero was in an amorous not in a war mood while writing the book. The book was all about his love for Bianca Onoh, a multiple beauty Queen and daughter of the former Governor of Enugu state, Christian Chukwuma Onoh, popularly known as C.O.
Onoh, who he was to marry later. Ever since that marriage, Bianca, like the husband, has become a symbol of Ndigbo in a way. With the physical demise of her husband, she became to the people a physical reminder of the man they so much loved.
So when you see Ndigbo react with mixed feelings the way they did on the appointment of Bianca as a Minister, it’s because they are involved as she is the widow of their hero that they are connected to. The people are still trying to figure out the significance of the appointment to Ndigbo because Bianca is not just the daughter of a prominent Igbo or the wife of an Igbo hero but a symbol and torchbearer. She is also very much aware of her status and tries to dignify it.
That was why she enjoyed enormous public goodwill in 2022 when the immoderate wife of the former Governor of Anambra state, Ebelechukwu Obiano, tried to embarrass her publicly and she reacted with a deserving dirty slap on her chick. Even though Mrs Obiano was.
