Two weighty men of a community were having a violent take-turn poke at each other until it got so red that none of them would budge.
Then one of them hired some pay killer boys to go and waste the other. Unfortunately for him, those boys have had pecuniary favours from the second man.
Then some of the boys went secretly to inform him of the plot to take away his breath from him. “Your friend” they said to him, “will be paying us upfront this evening to do our job well on you. If you don’t do anything about it now, you know our rule number five. Though we will miss you so much.”
That evening, the first man arrived at the boys’ bunk to pay them as agreed. But; Cough! Cough!! Cough!!! went the cold iron and Spit! Spit!! Spit!!! On the man’s back, and kissed he the dust of the earth. He expired. Then the pay killer boys robbed his cold, numb body of the money it was carrying. According to rule number nine, ‘the money is not yours until the owner transfers the ownership to you either verbally or any other form considered legal in the public law’.
LESSON
Settle disputes through dialogue and peaceful negotiation.
On the other hand, if the first man had shouted, “Take this money and go to my friend’s house and assassinate him”, before he gave up the ghost; they would have consummated the contract on the second man still not minding whatever business they’ve had with him in the past.
Thus says rule number five.