The First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Frances Soludo, has taken a strong swipe at former Senator Uche Ekwunife, accusing her of crossing the red line in her attacks on the Soludo family.
In a lengthy statement issued on Saturday, Mrs. Soludo alleged that Ekwunife had fabricated malicious claims not only against her and her husband, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, but also against their children. She described the former senator’s actions as “madness” taken too far, warning that she would no longer ignore the allegations.
“This is a woman for whom I have cooked and fed, together with her children on several occasions they visited my house. For her to fabricate criminal allegations against me and my children without provocation shows someone who can even kill,” Mrs. Soludo said.
The First Lady accused Ekwunife of adopting a long-standing political tactic of targeting opponents’ families and vowed that she would not allow such a campaign to go unanswered. She gave the former senator 72 hours to recant her statements and tender an unreserved public apology, warning that her lawyers had been put on notice.
Mrs. Soludo also issued two public challenges to Ekwunife: first, to swear an oath of fidelity and chastity before the Blessed Sacrament in a Catholic cathedral, and second, to subject their children to paternity tests in reputable hospitals in London, with all expenses to be covered by her.
“I pride myself in my chastity. In my 55 years on earth, I have known only one man—Chukwuma Soludo. As a woman of conservative Catholic upbringing, I challenge you to do the same,” she declared.
The Anambra First Lady insisted she had lived a quiet, decent life, never depending on public funds and maintaining fidelity in her 33 years of marriage. She stressed that she had no desire for politics but would defend her family’s integrity at all costs.
While dismissing Ekwunife’s remarks as “hilarious emotional outbursts and infantile invectives,” Mrs. Soludo maintained that her husband was “too clean, too decent, and too sophisticated to waste his time on low lives.”
