"The Incorruptible Judge " by Olu Owolabi

Mr James Adé Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí is an Establishment Officer in a Government Department. Àjàlá Òní, a young school-leaver, discusses with his classmate, Fẹ́mi Àjànàkú, outside the office. Femi works at A.B. & Co. , where his father is a manager. Ajala is applying for the post of a third-class clerk in Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí's department. Femi waits outside while Ajala goes into the office. Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí  offers him the job but asks for a £5 bribe before he can get his employment letter. He gives Ajala a 3-day ultimatum evetn after  learning that he is poor. Femi advises him to report the matter to the police.

The following day, Ajala comes back, pays the money and gets the employment letter. He coughs as he leaves the office. Detective-Sergeant Agbonifo Okoro then enters the office and accuses Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí of bribery. The 5 marked notes are found in Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí's pocket and he is arrested after trying to (a) chew and swallow the notes (b)bribe the officer.

  After being released on bail , Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí visits his friend , Mr Eniola Durodayo (the father-in-law to Mr Justice Faderin, who will hear the case the following Wednesday). Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí claims that he didn't collect any bribe. Mr Durodayo sends for his daughter, Mama Tunji, to influence her husband with 25 guineas. She explains that her husband doesn't  take bribes. When they disbelieve her, she asks them to come and talk to him themselves.  
The judge refuses to be bribed by both his father-in-law and Chief Bọ́bamẹ̀tọ́ (who brought 50 guineas from Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí). He politely tells both men to let him do justice to the case before him. He is now sure that Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí is guilty of (and addicted to) bribery and corruption.

In court, Anthony Lawanson is the Prosecution Counsel while Dúró Arógunmátìdí is the Defence Counsel. The Jury returns a guilty verdict. Mr Agbàlọ́wọ́mèrí is sentenced to 3 years imprisonment (aside the loss of his job and retirement benefits). He really proves to be a "taker from the poor" (the English meaning of his Yoruba name) for demanding a £5 bribe from a penniless school-leaver despite earning not less than £1 000 a year (after 20 years of service). 

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