Part 3:Chapter 23-25

Part 3: Chapter 23-25

            Chapter 23: The District Commissioner had send their messengers to invite the leaders of Umuofia to meet him in his headquarters. The six leaders of Umuofia was hand cuffed and led into the guardroom. Everything had happened so quickly that the six men did not see it coming. They have bought the six men here because they joined together to molest others, to burn people's houses, and their place of worship. As soon as the six men were locked up, the court messengers went into Umuofia to tell the people that their leaders would not be released unless they paid a fine of two hundred and fifty bags of cowries.

            Chapter 24: Okonkwo and his fellow prisoners were set free as the fine was paid. There was another meeting that was going to be held in the morning by the villagers. As the meeting went on the five court messengers had approach and everyone attention was towards them.  They had order that the meeting should stop. In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger crouched to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo's machete descended twice and the man's head lay beside his uniformed body.

            Chapter 25: The District Commissioner arrived at Okonkwo's compound looking for him at the head of an armed band of soldiers and court messengers he found a small crowd of men sitting wearily in the obi. The commissioner had demanded that they tell where Okonkwo was or they'll lock them up. Obierika spoke with these words " We can take you where he is, and perhaps your men will help us." The commissioner did not know what he meant by "Perhaps your men will help us." They came to a tree where Okonkwo was there left hanging. They had ask them can they take him down because it was against their custom to.