Part 20

Elders in the village were selected to participate in the negotiations. Iyagbaye was an elder in this village. He had a size-able stake in the lands that were seized. So he was also selected to join the negotiation team. Just like the Sage, Iyagbaye was a great orator and negotiator, but he was also a man of controversies. Like the first rate chief he was he lorded his authority about. But the Sage could do him no harm because he had a detailed knowledge of the arable lands of his village and he knew which families owned what.