A National Trilogy Call to Conscience and Constitutional Rebirth in Nigeria  … an Editorial Introduction to a Citizen’s Series on Justice, Reform, and Renewal

By Citizen Bolaji O. Akinyemi, Apostle

1. When the World Listens to the Cry of Christians in Nigeria

Every nation has its moment of awakening — a turning point when the cry of the oppressed pierces the heart and conscience of leaders of the world. For Nigeria, that moment came with the redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concerned, CPC, by President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America on 31st October 2025. The redesignation recognised the systematic persecution of Christians in Nigeria from 2009 as a genocide. This was amplified on 1st November 2025 with a stern warning to Nigeria for military intervention in a statement issued by the President Trump, which has shaken global consciousness and forced uncomfortable questions upon the leadership of Nigeria. But beyond the rhetorical responses of Nigerians and some foreigners on the imperatives of military intervention by the USA lies the deeper issue: What shall Nigerians do? Should Nigerians surrender their fate to the conscience of another nation, or should they seize the moment to cleanse the rot within and restore the dream of their founding fathers for ‘a country where no one is oppressed’?The trumpet that sounds from Washington is not a trumpet of war; it is the trump of Time for a signal to Nigeria to confront its own contradictions, heal its internal wounds, and rebuild its constitutional foundations before the judgment of history arrives.

2. The Essence of the Trilogy
This trilogy is not a eulogy to Donald J. Trump, but a trump of Time, Trumpet of mission and the Triumph of vision for a New Nigeria of our Dreams. It is a mirror to Nigeria, using the bold intervention of the United States of America as a metaphor for moral awakening. Each phrase of the trilogy is an altar of reflection:
The first, the trump of Time, calls us to moral responsibility; to see the voice of the USA on Nigeria as divine timing, summoning Nigeria to reform rather than rebellion. The second, Trumpet of mission represents a call to repentance, urging our leaders to redeem themselves through constitutional transformation and not a political overthrow. The third is the Triumph of vision for a New Nigeria of our Dreams, which should direct our gaze inward to understand that the true triumph is not America’s intervention, but Nigeria’s reformation through the truth of justice of diversity, equity and inclusion for a structural renewal. Together, the trilogy forms one prophetic arc; from warning, to repentance, to rebirth.

3. From Prophecy to Policy
The essays that will flow from this trilogy would not be written for applause. They will be actionable policy blueprints for nation building. They will challenge both the rulers and the ruled to recognize that our salvation will not come from the White House in America, but from the rebirth of Nigeria’s house at Aso Rock Villa. The steps are clear for a New Nigeria to rise:
(i) Constitutional Rebirth: restore a constitutional democracy that was created from a bottom-up democratic process by the labours of our heroes past. This will replace the strands of stop-gap laws that have guided governance in Nigeria from rousing days of military incursion in civil governance to this day. The document commonly referenced as 1999 CFRN is a military law by Decree 24 of 1999 as part of the series of stop-gap laws in vogue in Nigeria including those of parliamentary exercises. A legion of such stop-gap laws has reduced the polity to one without a written constitution as the grundnorm for true federalism and equal justice.
(ii) Civic Compact: Establish a new political order to guide the political participation of citizens seeking elective positions.
(iii) Justice for the Slain: Bring the sponsors and executors of genocide, terrorism and crime to trial; truth without justice is hypocrisy.
(iv) Faith Accord: Let Christian and Muslim leaders rise together to declare that religion shall no longer be the excuse for murder but the reason for mercy.
(v) Moral Renaissance: Rebuild Nigeria’s civic ethics — where power is service, wealth is stewardship, and leadership is sacrifice.

4. Between Trump’s Trumpet and Nigeria’s Transformation
Every trumpet in history has carried two meanings: a warning and an opportunity; Trump’s renewed attention is both. It warns us that the world is watching our impunity and indifference. It also gives us the opportunity to transform this moment into a national turning point. The danger is not that America may intervene, but that Nigeria may remain unrepentant.
If we fail to act now, we will have no moral ground to resist external interference tomorrow. Our leaders must therefore hear this trumpet and act, not to silence critics, but to silence the guns; not to defend power, but to defend the people.
Our clergy must hear it too, to preach repentance not only to the pews but to the throne in every palace. And our citizens must rise to choose conscience over comfort, nation over tribe, and truth over fear.

5. A Call to the Present Government
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all who hold office today have a sacred opportunity to rewrite their own legacy. They must not resist reform in the name of sovereignty. Sovereignty without justice is tyranny. Let them choose to be the government that midwifed Nigeria’s rebirth not the one that presided over her ruin.
Let them lead the Constitutional Reform and National Reconciliation Process before the 2027 elections, ensuring a fair, inclusive, and transparent transition. And let every public official who desires to contest in 2027 have the integrity to resign one year before the polls to prove that leadership is not possession, but trust.

6. The Triumph That Must Be Ours
The triumph of Trump will be remembered as the spark; the triumph of Nigeria must become the story. When our Constitution reflects justice, when our faiths promote peace, when our leaders submit to the rule of law — then, and only then, will the trumpet of warning become the anthem of victory.
Let this trilogy be read not as politics, but as prophecy of the voice of a citizen speaking to his nation with love, lament, and hope.

7. Final Word: The Trump of Time and the Triumph of Truth
The sound from afar has awakened our slumber. Now, may the sound within us — the voice of conscience lead us to action; If we reform, a New Nigeria will rise. If we repent, God will heal. If we renew our covenant as a nation under justice, we shall yet sing the Lord’s song in our land of triumph and not in strange land of the enemies.
For the trumpet of time has sounded. The mission of truth has begun. And the vision for a New Nigeria of our dreams must not die in the nightmares of our indifference. For President Donald J. Trump did not hit us, our leaders did; it isn’t about foreign insults but about failure at home. In it all, is a test of leadership: humility, speed, and courage to protect citizens or expect the world to name the wound you refuse to heal.

Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi is an Apostle and Nation Builder. He’s also President Voice of His Word Ministries and Convener Apostolic Round Table. BoT Chairman, Project Victory Call Initiative, AKA PVC Naija. He is a strategic Communicator and the C.E.O, Masterbuilder Communications.

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