Your Own People

Nick Ochere

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Auntie Cornie, Joe’s aunt whom he had stayed with during his secondary school days, had wanted him to marry Belinda, the daughter of a wealthy couple. This idea, according to Cornie, will make Joe rich. But Joe did not, because he wanted to break away from her influence.
When Joe finally married Evelyn and they could not have children for over six years, Auntie Cornie suggested that he divorce her and marry Serwaa, one of Cornie’s friends, but Joe would not do that.
After trying everything humanly possible without success, Cornie advised Serwaa to use voodoo on Joe and directed her to a spiritualist for help. The concoction that was meant for Joe to take his focus off Evelyn and love Serwaa ended up being eaten by Yaappiah, a madman who now pursues Serwaa as his lover.

Sujets

• Fiction
• Supernatural
• Occult

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• Publié par: AuthorHouse UK
• Date de parution: 05 février 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781496998897
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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YOUR OWN PEOPLE
Part 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NICK OCHERE
 

 
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Published by AuthorHouse  08/23/018
 
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CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
 
I dedicate this book to my wife and children.
FOREWORD
In the normal scheme of things one’s own people should be the first to acknowledge, celebrate or even gloat over one’s achievements or promotions. Similarly, one would expect the support and protection of family, no matter the extent to which one may have messed things up.
However, history is replete with the contrary, giving credence to the time-honoured saying of the Bible; “A man’s enemies are those of his own household.” Let us consider but a few:
- The first murder in the Bible was fratricidal (Cain against Abel).
- The first Hebrew to be sold into slavery suffered at the hands of his own brothers (Joseph, by his own brothers).
- The first coup d’etat in Israel was staged by a son against a father (Absalom against King David).
- Then we have the supra example of betrayal, Jesus Christ, by Judas Iscariot who one of His own disciples.
 
It goes without saying that it is not everybody who will celebrate your success; it is not everybody who will hail you as a hero even when you have done heroic deeds. Many discover later to their shock that sometimes friends, colleagues and even more painfully, family members, are among their secret enemies.
How people react to this discovery varies from person to person. Some go from subtle to open retaliation and confrontation to even causing bodily harm to their perceived enemy. Only very few people meet their perceived or real enemy with love and forgiveness.
Can you predict how you were going to react if you knew that someone very close to you was seeking your downfall or even worse, your destruction? How would you counsel who has just made such a discovery?
Well, look no further. You hold in your hand a book which addresses that problem.
Your Own People, authored by Nick Ochere is a fascinating story of how a crafty aunt, by name Cornie, used all means to beguile a young man called Joe. She tried tooth and nail to make her nephew to enter into a relationship with Belinda whose parents were very rich. Auntie Cornie hoped that by so doing, she would rake in some financial advantage.
Her nefarious plans did not work, thanks to the protective hand of God upon Joe’s life and of his solid Christian upbringing. Joe stood his grounds and eventually married Evelyn, the lady of his love.
Auntie Cornie, however, was of the pedigree that never gives up. She decided to bite deeper and closer. She teamed up with Brago, Joe’s own sister, to make life difficult for the young couple. When after two years the couple had not had a child the heat of the persecution became even more intense- because now, the fires were not just set ablaze by an aunt, but in collaboration with a beloved sister. Cornie kept attacking and castigating Joe to the point of using voodoo on him.
How would Joe and Evelyn react? Will they cave into their animosity or explode when they can no longer bear it? Read on to discover.
You will not be bored as you read this book. The author holds you spellbound to the very end.
YOUR OWN PEOPLE will jostle you out the naivety of thinking that being a good person will spare you of enemies. Yet, just because some of your own people could be among your worst enemies should send you witch-hunting. Meet them with love, benevolence and patience as you trust God to help you win them over.
This is a great book. I recommend it to all
APOSTLE DR MICHAEL NTUMY
. Former Chairman, The Church of Pentecost
.Former President, Ghana Pentecostal Council
.Former Chancellor, Pentecost University College
.Order of The Volta, Companion, Ghana
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Words cannot adequately convey my immense gratitude to God for what He has been doing in my life. Years ago when I stepped out of His will, He graciously brought me back on track and has sustained me ever since. To Him be the glory.
I want to thank my big brother, Elder Ampomah Sakyi and his wife whom God has used as vessels to shape me into who I am today.
I wish also to record my profound gratitude to Apostle Dr Michael Ntumy for his guidance and taking time to write the Foreword, Apostle Newton Ofosuhene Nyarko for his direction and prayer support, Apostle Noble Atsu, Pastor Dr Ben Debrah and many other officers and members of the Church of Pentecost, UK, for their support and encouragement.
Stephanie Amponsah, Adwoa Adoma Antwi, Elder Isaac Appleton, Hannah Dwumah, Diana Fosu, Irene Gyan, Kwadwo Konadu, Deborah Aya Kormi, Angela Kumah, Mary Machen and many others helped in diverse ways in bringing this book to publication and I wish to express my thanks to them all. I will cherish what they have done for as long as the cord of memory lengthens.
And now to that woman of substance, that good, supportive, encouraging and understanding wife of mine, Mercy, I wish to thank her so much for standing by me through thick and thin.
What can I say about our lovely children, Patience, Felicia, Joseph and Nick Jnr? Although I adore them all, I neglected them most of the time while working on this book and I thank them for bearing with me.
Nick Ochere
January 2015
CHAPTER ONE

The mountainous greenery that surrounds the town of Diasempa has tempted many first time visitors to want to go back there. The rays of the rising sun casting shadows through the big, high trees along the road and the setting of the same in the evening is such a marvellous sight. As you walk or drive down the only winding pot holed road made up of steep, curved hills and valleys leading to the town, you can’t stop thinking of the beauty of nature. The songs of the birds in the woods could make you wish you had these little creatures in your garden at home. The almost over-grown green grass at the edge of the road provides a natural habitat for most rodents and reptiles who sometimes venture onto the road for left-over foods which passer-bys have dropped on the sidewalk.
The locals’ hospitality, their art of conversation laced with proverbs and jokes are further memorable aspects of Diasempa. The sight of little children playing in open spaces, on the way to school or accompanying their parents to the farm suggests that if all that we see were indeed as it appears to be, then the world would be a better and more peaceful place for all.
Diasempa has three waterfalls which attract tourists. It has a Senior Secondary School educating students from all parts of the country. Three of the Big Six prominent politicians, William Ofori Atta, Arko Adjei and J. B. Danquah, who fought for the independence of Ghana, underwent part of their education in this town. There are five primary and middle schools, a police station, a vocational school, a post office, bank, health centre and local council head quarters. Farming is the main occupation of about ninety percent of the population of Diasempa, the capital of the Awkaetnaf District of Ghana. But the scenery of Diasempa now compared to those in the late sixties and early seventies indicates that no condition is permanent.
Untill the age of thirteen, Joseph Kwadwo Boakye knew no other place than his town of birth, Diasempa, and a few of the surrounding towns and villages. His parents were peasant farmers who wanted the best education for their kids but could hardly afford it. When the second of two children, Joseph, popularly called Joe, passed the Common Entrance Examination, he was admitted to his first choice Senior Secondary School in the city of Kumasi where one of his aunts worked as a Clerk in an insurance firm. Arrangements were made for him to go and stay with his aunt instead of going into the boarding house.
The city life for a thirteen-year-old boy, used only to the rural life, was a completely new thing. Cornie, his aunt, wasn’t that harsh, but somehow difficult to please because she liked everything in the house to be spotless and in place. Her only child, Kwaku Odame, was too young to carry out most of the household chores at the time, so Joe had to do them all in addition to his school work.
Joe hardly had time for studies at home, yet he always came out with flying colours after exams. Five years later, when Joe had to go to Sixth Form at Miawani, he enrolled as a boarder. At this point his aunt has had a greater influence on the