Prepare To Be The Villain: Ochendo's Lot In Idemili North Local Government Area
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu , KSJI, anipr
According to Samira Vivette, an Australian author and poet known for contemporary poetry, she said and I quote: "Prepare to be the villain in their story for finally standing up for yourself. Be prepared for those who exploited your kindness to change the narrative to suit them. The tables have turned. Now you stand tall. You will not be walked over anymore." she opined
The above quote and analogy actually depicted the true situation and position Chief (Hon) Stanley Chigbo Nkwoka (Ochendo Global), the helmsman of the most populous and densely populated Council Area in Southeastern Nigeria found himself in. It carefully and unambiguously explained the lot's of the Umulichi Ogbu Abatete born emerging political juggernaut, icon, and leader.
Before Chief (Hon) Stanley Nkwoka, KSJI (Ochendo Global) assumed office as the Executive Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra on October 4 2024, he has already prepared himself for the enormous tasks ahead of him and for him to achieve his set objectives and ultimate goals of reshaping and giving life back to the hitherto stuck and directionless Council he must be decisive and ruthless in his decision makings, which tends to bruise some egos along the line.
While naysayers were still battling with the reality of his emergence as the number one citizen of Idemili North, he has already prepared himself to damn all the attending consequences emanating from his populist's decision and actions knowing full well that a few individuals whose egos before now have always been massaged would certainly paint a villain's story of him and his activities. He knows right from the outset that for him to get the jobs done, a few toes that might pose as a cog in the wheel of him serving Ndi Idemili North better must be stepped on, and some feathers ruffled.
The circumstances surrounding Chief Nkwoka's emergence and his subsequent election as the Mayor of the one of the toughest and the most intriguing local government area in Nigeria, is enough to prove to the people that God's ways can never be the ways of mere mortals. According to Him, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." - Romans 9:15 (Onye Chukwu ya emelu ebere ka oya emelu ebere). God doesn't need anyone's permission to lift someone from nothing to something.
His victory in the last APGA's Mayoral primary election further proved and elucidated that Biblical injunction that "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.” - Romans 9:16.
Mayor Nkwoka is a respected title holder in his community Abatete (He is known and addressed as Idi Akusinachi) and equally a member of the Ancient and Noble Order of Knights of Saint John International (KSJI), what it means is that he has both ecclesiastical, celestial and ancestrial blessings to serve and lead the good and productive people of Idemili North to eldorado.
