Lagos lawyer and former President of African Bar Association (ABA), Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has requested the police to arrest Ebele, wife of ex-governor Willie Obiano, as well as Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
Falana made the request through a statement on Friday while reacting to the fight between the women at the inauguration of Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) argued that the police should have immediately arrested the two women if they were not dignitaries.
Bianca Ojukwu (L) and Ebele Obiano (R)
He added: “No doubt, Governor Soludo has apologised for the embarrassment to which the guests were subjected. But that is not the end of the case as the offence of affray was committed. The offence of affray occurs when two or more people engage in a fight in public. It is punishable under Section 83 of the Criminal Code.
“The fact that the two VIPs were not arrested has once again confirmed that Nigeria operates two sets of laws, one for the rich and one for the poor. If two workers had committed affray in that ceremony, they would have been arrested, detained, and charged with disrupting the new governor’s inauguration.”