Part 9 (8)
Governor Babida went to his private apartment, and the henchmen Polo and Baba hastened to execute what they had been instructed to do by the Okunde's ruler.
They had to select five lucky imperial warriors among the troop in Okunde's garden so that they take part in the wedding ceremony of the Supreme Commander Babida.
However, the woodsman hadn't given them any criteria on which they had to base their choices.
Knowing that most of the men would be happy to be among the five special guests of His Highness Babida, Polo the cunning suggested to the interim aide-de-camp Baba that they organize a game from which the five lucky attendees would emerge.
So they thought about making the men in uniform go through a stamina contest that consisted to test the latter endurance during particularly difficult military exercises.
The two henchmen thus left their office and headed straight to Okunde's garden.