"Ààrẹ-àgò Aríkúyẹrí" (= the war chief who dodged death), a play by Lawuyi Ogunniran.

Ògúnrìndé Ajé is the Ààrẹ-àgò Balógun of Ibadan. He has 3 wives:
Aṣiyanbí (the first wife), Fátọ́lá (the second and favourite wife) and
Adépèlé (the newest wife).

One day, Ààrẹ-àgò decides to worship his personal god. His wives and
servants sing his praises and dance in turn before him. Fátọ́lá
outshines the other wives and is publicly celebrated , and this breeds
envy.

A few days later, Adepele's twins (Táíwò and Kẹ́hìndé) die of
poisoning and Ààrẹ-àgò asks all the women in his household to help him
fish out the culprit. A few minutes later, Ìdòwú (Adepele's only
remaining child) falls ill and she cries out for help. Aṣiyanbí calls
Adépèlé aside and tells her, " I have gone to see my herbalist and he
said Fátọ́lá is behind it all because she doesn't have any son for our
husband". She tells Ààrẹ-àgò in private that she went with Adépèlé
to see the herbalist but she only hesitantly repeats the charge before
the whole household. Despite Fátọ́lá's immediate protests of
innocence, Ààrẹ-àgò shoots her dead when Idowu dies (and Adépèlé
becomes childless).

Baṣọ̀run Ògúnmọ́lá invites Ààrẹ-àgò for questioning over the jungle
justice meted out to Fátọ́lá. Only Baṣọ̀run is authorised to mete out
the death penalty. Baṣọ̀run and his chiefs (Balógun, Ọ̀tún, Òsì,
Aṣípa and Ìyálóde) all said Aje should be hanged and tell him to
bring his 2 wives the next day for questioning. During the
cross-examination, Adépèlé reveals that : (a) she didn't follow
Aṣiyanbí to any herbalist ; (b) Aṣiyanbí is the one taking care of her
children ; (c) Fátọ́lá outshone them at Ààrẹ-àgò's party and Aṣiyanbí
said she will pay for it. Aṣiyanbí, like Adepele, testifies that all
the wives loved one another before Aje chose his favourite in public.
She also admits that she went alone to the herbalist (who is of no
fixed address and she can't identify again if she sees him).

The chiefs meet and inform Baṣọ̀run of their joint decision : Aje
should be pardoned because of his past exploits in defending Ibadan
against external aggression. Baṣọ̀run then brings out 4 people who
tried to bribe him with money on Aje's behalf. The chiefs admit being
similarly approached but they have shared the money. The corrupt
chiefs and the bribe-carriers are all to be sold into slavery.
Aṣiyanbí is to be sentenced to death by public hanging for poisoning
Adepele's children and then implicating Fátọ́lá. Adépèlé is
discharged and sympathized with on the loss of all her children.

Aje is told to put his house in order as a warrior and then die in a
"dignified" way (i.e.by suicide rather than by public hanging). Aje
runs away instead, earning the name "Ààrẹ-àgò Aríkúyẹrí" (= the war
chief who dodged death). Henceforth, Baṣọ̀run decrees that all
murderers (regardless of status) will be publicly executed.