Description
Elede, a rich and successful travelling trader in Lagoni, is kind and generous, and excessively so to his friend, Ijapa, but he hates to be taken advantage of, and what is more, he has a bad temper and can behave like a hooligan.
When Ijapa gets into trouble with creditors to whom he owes a lot of money, and is rough-handled and threatened in all sorts of ways, it is Elede who comes to his rescue. He pays back the creditors, sets Ijapa up in a promising farming business, with a loan, and discusses how the money will be paid back.
Elede is surprised that Ijapa is not able to pay back the money as agreed upon, and despite repeated reminders and promises, fails to do so. After a while, realizing that Ijapa has no intention of paying him back at all, and is spending money lavishly on other things, Elede, very angry, sets out for Ijapa’s house to get his money come what may. On arriving there, it is Yannibo, his wife, he finds grinding away on an olota (grinding stone), seemingly indifferent to Elede’s plight. Elede’s bad temper and hooliganism come into full blast, leading to unexpected developments.
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