20yrs ago, I was mocked for taking Onyendu title but today…

By Fred Iwenjora 
Industrialist and mogul of  hospitality business, Onyendu Alex Sunday Nwoye is one of the most respected Igbo leaders in Lagos.
Loved across board by all the groups and factions for what they consider his steadfastness, Nwoye took the title of Onyendu ndi igbo of Ejigbo Lagos more than twenty years.
This was after intense pressure to  become Eze ndigbo.
His fellow chiefs laughed him to scorn as being afraid of confronting the problems of ndigbo in diaspora when he insisted on Onyendu.
Despite that the Onyendu title was not popular, Nwoye took the title with much grace. He also had the sole endorsement of Oba Moroof Ojoola, Ojon of Ejigbo who had earlier honored...