My fellow Nigerians, I tell you the utmost word of truth, unless your unity surpasses that of the Niger and Benue, ye shall lose the political kingdom of Nigeria, realizable only by giving every Nigerian their due.

Ezekiel 3:18. "When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand."
Ezekiel 3:20. "(When) a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand."
Ezekiel 33:6. "(If) the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman’s hand."

Ezekiel 33:8. "When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand."

“United we stand, divided we fall”, and “Unity in Diversity”, JOHN ODEY ADUMA here echoes two very popular and age-long dicta to again warn the Nigerian people of the danger in casting out from the top echelon of the Nigerian polity and regarding Ndigbo perpetually as Osus not to be companied and associated with within the Nigerian Federation. In this his continuation of his Ndigbo Presidential Project 2023, now in its 4th series, Mr Aduma is reiterating that national unity includes being conscious, acknowledging and recognising the fact that our diversity must go hand in hand with the nation practising and applying justice,  fairness and universal altruism to all its citizenry, especially in all that it thinks, says and does.

Also, under this campaign and project of his, he is reminding his fellow Nigerians to to cultivate and embrace national large-heartedness of give and take, live and let live and what is good for the Fulanis, the Hausas, the Kanuris, the Shuwa Arabs, the Arabs, the Yorubas and the Ijaws is equally good for other Nigerians, North and South, including Nidgbo. He therefore, prays and wishes the Nigerian state to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do and right every wrong of the past against Ndigbo and all of her citizens, whilst he is at the same time calling on God, all of humanity, friends of Nigeria worldwide and the children of the coming generations of Nigeria to bear witness to the fact that Nigeria today stands at a crossroads and equally at a threshold between correcting the errors of the past and keeping their country intact or foolishly continues with the status quo and cause things to fall apart:

Above everything else, Mr Aduma wonders if he would be able record for posterity the Nigerian people know what is right and know how to do the right thing when the right time comes for them to do the right thing because it is right to know what is right and know how to do the right thing when the right time comes for them to do what is right to right every wrong of the past?

And those who genuinely know the right thing and how to do the right thing and when to do the right thing will not necessarily wait for others/some people to teach them to do the right thing and subsequently encourage them to do the right thing, how to do the right thing and when to do the right thing because they want them to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do the right thing and in doing the right thing, do the right thing rightly well and at the right time/season and at the right place and for the right reason/purpose.

You may be fighting with bare hands,

But move on with that spirit of your ancestors,

With both courage and that volcanic fire

In your hearts to consume the filthy

enemies who are mere street urchins and brigands.

Move on for the sake of country and fatherland,

Move on for the sake of Nigeria’s sovereignty

And her determination to lead the world

in all things.

Move on to conquer those beggars and slaves,

Move on to smash their skulls and bury alive every enemy.

For those with hearts fixed on their loved ones whilst in the battlefield,

I’m aware of how every of your loved ones matters to you,

But commit them all to your God

and still move on for the sake of Nigeria,

for whose sake you are here fighting to liberate

and usher into the body politics the peace

that surpasses all understanding.

To each and everyone of your loved ones

now worried, anxious, and disturbed very greatly,

Let them know all our fighting men and women

will return unhurt by the enemies’ bullets and bombs!

Your pay may just be peanuts and hardly enough

for you in the battlefield, and your loved ones back home,

But move on still to get the job done!

And again, I say to you: move on!

M-o-v-e on!

May God bless our gallant troops in the field

And all the troops that the batons of war

shall be passed onto very soon as to the field they haste

to join all fighting for the freedom and glory of Nigeria

Therefore, move on with that your legendary courage

and boldness inherited from your forebears until the battle is won!

• Nigerian version written on June 30, 2019, at 20.18, UK Time.
• JOHN ODEY ADUMA, BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR.

MOVE ON, FAST, BRAVELY AND COURAGEOUSLY…

                   GLORY TO UKRAINE!

Onward soldiers…

You may be fighting with bare hands,

But move on with the spirit of the ancients

With both courage and that volcanic fire

In your hearts to consume the filthy

enemies who are mere cowardly Putin’s puppets,

marionettes and errand boys,

teleguided by him from the Kremlin.

Move on for the sake of your country and fatherland

Move on for the sake of Ukraine’s sovereignty

And her determination to lead Europe in all things.

Move on to conquer those beggars, bastards and slaves,

Move on to smash their skulls and bury alive every enemy.

For those with hearts fixed on their loved ones whilst in the battlefield,

I’m aware of how every of your loved ones matters to you,

But commit them all severally to the God of Ukraine

and still move on for the sake of Ukraine

for whose sake you are here fighting to liberate

and bring peace and freedom to all Europe.

To each one of your loved ones

now worried, anxious, and disturbed,

Let them know all your fighting men and women

will return home unhurt from this battle!

Your pay may be meagre and hardly enough

For you in the battlefield, and your loved ones back home,

But move on still to get the job done!

And again, I say to you: move on!

M-o-v-e on!

Bravely and boldly;

Boldly to the front,

Boldly!

Bravely to the field,

Bravely!

Courageously to the front,

Courageously!

Fearlessly to the line of fire,

Fearlessly!

Fall in!

You ‘re Ukrainian, fall in!

Man, woman, boy, girl,

Every Ukrainian,

Fall in! Fall in!

Go in the spirit of your fathers

And contend bravely even this hour for the liberty of Europe.

May God the Almighty bless your gallant troops

in the field and all the troops that the batons of war

shall onto be very soon passed as to the field they haste

to join all fighting for the freedom and glory of Ukraine.

Therefore, move on with that ancient courage

and boldness of yours until this battle is won!

• Written on June 30, 2019, at 20.18, UK Time, but the
• Ukrainian version was modified on the 15^th of March 2022.

JOHN ODEY ADUMA, BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR.