Deep Heartfelt Motivational Poem and Words of Encouragement for Onofiok Luke

Onofiok Luke in life and style is a short motivational poem with words of inspiration dedicated to Onofiok Luke. When a man inspires his generation, such indeed needs to be inspired too.

Onofiok Luke in Life and Style is a short motivational poem with words of inspiration dedicated to Onofiok Luke. When a man inspires his generation, such indeed needs to be inspired too. And this is our little way from Poetic Messages to inspire a man who inspired others. 

Onofiok Luke In Life And Style

Aluta continua he yelled,

With a voice that portrayed his mind,

He beckoned on his fellow Tusker Republicans,

To stand up for their right,

No matter the forces that come around them.

That was long ago on the easy busy Traffic Warders Signpost at Ikot Ekpene Road directly facing Ikpa Road and overlooking Ibiam Street. When he stood at the top of that signpost and made that oratory speech, where I stood, I could imagine a man in the making of Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream” whose reality had now metamorphosed into “Yes We Can”. That was years ago and now, I am one of the living witnesses to what the brave heart of a young man who detest oppression and victimization of his fellow students could do no matter the risk to his dear life.

Though the men in Black did come with their dark boots and smoke, turning the tower of learning into a war front, the minds who were determined to stand their ground in togetherness withstood their reign and had their victory. But the irony was, it caused their elected leader his temporary dismissal from the authorities that be. How I which, they knew, that their undoing was to prepare a man for greater glory in service of humanity, the throne to which is now bigger than that of his then oppressors.

Born to service, elected to reign,

A star can never be hidden in darkness.

Like men of vision, like men of impact,

Like men with forthrightness, like men with charisma.

Like men whose shoulder bears the weight that carries all long,

Like men who lit the candlelight and still show others the path to follow.

Men who leave their adorable footprint on the sand of time,

For the yet-unborn generation to emulate,

The world over knows that they are only born once and not twice.

In 1978, March 16 to be precise, the sound of joy reverberates like a light out of the tunnel and her songs of joy could be heard afar off. To the family of the late Mr. and Deaconess Mrs Akpan Luke, a son was born. To Ikot Etobo, in present Nsit Ubium Local Government Council of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and to the world, a son was given. Among his peers, his star could not be hidden; he was simply born to lead. To prove his worth, St. Theresa Primary School Use Abat, Ibiono Ibom and Lutheran High School, Obot Idim Nsit, Ibesikpo where he attended his Primary and Secondary School education. Ode to Onofiok Luke

The field of Law was his calling and the University of Uyo, was his training ground, there he justified his readiness for the task ahead. Through his stay, like a golden fish, his love for humanity could not be hidden so the mantle fell on him when he accepted to lead as the elected President of the Tuskers Republic, the Students Union Government in 2002. His days were like the journey of a true activist, always standing for the rights of his people and detesting the oppressing tendencies of the authorities. This almost mars his career when he was suspended for leading a peaceful protest against an increment in school fees. Though he was recalled to complete his studies that marked a turning point and the outcome today, we all are living witnesses that the voice of oppression can never outsmart the voice of uprightness.

A man of style is a man of class,

A man, who had paid his dues, should be duly respected.

A man, who stands by the side of the people,

Is a man with the majority and honour to him,

Shall be like a tree planted by the bank of the river,

It will ever flourish no matter the test of time.

We have seen it flourish as the Personal Assistant to our Digital Governor on Protocol Matters, the one the youth called “Mr Swagger”, the very one who turned the Land of Promise into the Land of Fulfillment. No other but His Excellency, Dr Godswill Obot Akpabio. Right from there, we witness his call to the Nigerian Bar after his post-graduate studies at the Nigerian Law School, where again his love for humanity was demonstrated among his co-students of Akwa Ibom origin and beyond.

Yet again, the youth felt, and is still feeling his style when he represented our dear State at the inaugural Nigerian Youth Parliament and got elected as its first Speaker. This gave him the minds of the youth to speak on their behalf. He had done the youths of our country proud and if there is one youth on whom the heart of Akwa Ibom youth beats, we have rightly found it in our amiable, charismatic, complete family man with an adorable wife and kids, a philanthropic whose love for the downtrodden is equal to none, yet a humble man of equal forthrightness.