I did not understand the gist at the beginning. But that did not stop the narrator of telling story of his ordeal at the hands of the police as soon as he entered Edo State via Okpella.

The man had started his journey from Sokoto and was conveying some cows from the place. Nobody delayed him for five minutes in all the check-points as he traveled to the south. He got to a place where policemen were not even on their duty posts. In those places, he zoomed past until he got to Lokoja where they ate.

He learnt to take some rest after eating. This he did under his trailer with his apprentice. He slept for two hours and resumed his journey. He soon ran into troubled water, as he entered Edo State. The first check-point passed him after counting the cows and the Mallam refused to part company with money despite been threatened.

The narrator said he was not so lucky when he got to the second check-point. He was ordered out of his trailer and told to bring his particulars. This threw the driver off-balance.

What is the meaning of particulars as he has never seen any since he was called to drive the trailer. He later understood when the word was broken down “bring your vehicle papers.” He rushed into the vehicle and within a minute, he brought out the papers which he handed over to an officer. The officer moved to a corner where he expected the Mallam driver to meet him up for discussion. The Mallam driver refused to move, pretending he did not know the meaning of the language the officer spoke.

Whereupon he was dragged to the corner by one of the policemen. He was told his papers or particulars were not correct.

“Kai”, the man reacted. When I left Sokoto, the ‘faffer’ correct. I drove through Kaduna and to Lokoja, ‘faffer’ e correct! Now I am here in Okpella, you are telling me that ‘faffer’ is not correct. Okay. Take biro and correct the’‘faffer’, the Mallam ådriver said.

The officer and his men were stunned. They did not know where the boldness came for the Mallam and they immediately handed the papers back to the driver. They ordered him to vacate the place or he might be sorry.

The narrator said throughout the journey from Okpella to Benin, no policeman disturbed them again. The ‘faffer’ were corrected by Holy Ghost and the Mallam became a hero of an intimidation the officers wanted to plunge him into. Hail Nigeria.