Okpe Oge negotiated with Emeghe Ejiama to hand over Onuoha to his grandmother residing at Ndi Mpam. A year later, John Okpe took him to Ikot Ekpene. Anagha Ndukwe watched him with keen interest and was a ready hand to welcome him when John Okpe decided to leave Ikot Ekpene. After nine years and six months, he was allowed to see his relatives at home. As soon as he got home, Dike Ejiama took him to Cameroon, and they lived for nine years. Many people became interested in him because of his qualitative, humane life and business prowess. When he visited home, Chief Okpa Oge handed him over to Isaiah Okpe Anya, and they lived till 1947 when he decided to set up his own business. The partnership with these great men of that time made him wise in every life endeavor. His philosophy was to live a humble, peaceful life characterized by qualitative energetic services and a determination to maintain a clean record. RELIGIOUS LIFE: Chief Onuoha Emeghe devoted his youthful life to the service of God. He joined the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria at an early age and had nothing to fear except his God. A firm believer in do unto others, as you would have others do unto you. His faith was rooted in the belief that God would reward good and quality services to the less privileged mankind. He believed in long life and had a big respect for God. He abhorred mischievous and unholy dealings. He was content with whatever came from his sweats. He saw quarreling and fighting as criminal acts against God. All through his life, he could not remember when he had fought, quarreled, been involved or implicated in criminal cases. His tender compassion and desire to help the needy became a covering that sustained him. DISCIPLINE: Late Chief Onuoha was a good disciplinarian. He was no respecter of persons, no matter how highly placed, when it came to accountability. He was very transparent. His guiding principles resided in "AMATAMATA," MEANING we know each other very well. This idea of no hiding place for all mortals, and that good moral! Life is better than a costly ornament. For fear of disappointment, he handled his children with a considerable measure of highhandedness before sickness disarmed him. He successfully lived his dignity up and when he became too weak to discipline, he sighed and hung his head on his shoulder and called on God to receive him to end his spiritual torture. MARRIAGE/ FAMILY LIFE: He married his first wife in 1950, the second one in 1956, and the third in 1966. All of them are living happily because of the way he handled them. They dare not quarrel, not to talk of fighting. All his children do eat together even today without discrimination. To them, all three women is a mothers sharing from a common pot. He would eat with all the children, including any other child or children around him. Till the last day, he never finished a set of food without involving children around. All his relations were not left out of his scheme of charity. He was a good home manager because the sharing of anything never caused problems in his home.
EDUCATION: He was not fortunate to get deep into western education, but his early embrace to school equipped him to communicate with the Igbo language very extensively. He wrote a comprehensive history of Ndi Mgba and recorded some important events skillfully. Chief Onuoha knew how to keep records systematically. Chief Onuoha loved education and committed all his resources to the training of many people, even when his colleagues were busy acquiring land and building mansions. Today, many graduates find that both the family and the community are their brainchildren. He worried much when his children did not gain admission into universities. Today, both his prayers and advice are clear evidence that some of them are how undergraduates of different reputed universities.

OCCUPATION: He was a jack of all trades, a master of all. He was a successful businessman, a writer, a pharmacist, a successful farmer, and a crisis manager. After the civil war, he dropped the numerous undertakings and specialized in farming. He could not achieve much in his latter days because the grip of sickness was hard on him. LEADERSHIP ROLE: Many leaders are favoured by God, and the people are witnesses that Chief Onuoha was one of them. During his reign, the Amurie community enjoyed relative peace, and many projects were executed. The following projects attest to these claims: Electricity, tarred roads, rehabilitation of primary and secondary school blocks, Okezie Hall, and laying of piped water, to mention a few. He upheld the principles of justice for all. Like Chief Gani Fawehinmi, he started a crusade for equity and justice. His firm decisions with a high sense of probity become a tool for measuring right and wrong conduct. His consistent and logical mechanisms applied in dispensing justice, coupled with his vocal reasoning and expressions on sensitive issues, spurred him to great heights. During the war, he was the middleman between the oppressive Nigerian soldiers and our young ladies. He was the chairman of the peace committee on the Ndi Ukwu-Ndi Mpam conflicts, despite having a direct link with Ndi Mpam. Yet, he ensured that only legally available facts were used for consideration, and both parties were satisfied. His method of justice attracted all moral minds, no wonder he was an embraced Eze Ogo of Amurie Community. He has been very prominent in the Nkporo peace committee on delicate, sensitive issues.
SICKNESS AND DEATH: Late Chief Onuoha Emeghe did not die of sickness but of death. The sickness that weakened his breath was of old. More than forty years ago, he could recount how the illness had tormented him, but God in his infinite mercy granted him life. His numerous children stand today to testify to the goodness of the Lord.