Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s first son, Debe Ojukwu has been having a running battle with his father’s wife, Bianca for some time now. Recently, he opened up on the crux of the crisis between them.

“Bianca is in court, because she was sleep­ing with my father. When you sleep with a man, some of his thoughts go down in your head. And when you’re close to your parents some of their thoughts filter into your mind. Does it not surprise you that we always seem to be fighting for identical things? She is fighting the same people I am fighting. What is the problem between both of us? It is the issue of who will be the captain. I refused her to be my captain, because she is a woman, it is against Igbo culture. But, as a woman, she has other ideas. She wants her children to assume the mantle, but they are so small. It does not follow the natural sequence.

That was part of the scheming to steal some of the property. It was a forged Will. That is why it is in court. And that is why I am surprised that people still talk about Will. There is no Will. The problem that is there is supremacy. She feels she has to be my mother. She cannot be my mother. My mother is much; much older… In fact, my mother is the friend of her mother. They were mates, living together. She can only be my stepmother.”

– Culled from SUN