Police are not your friend, don't be deceived by their inscription on the wall, Ima complained bitterly to Stephen her neighbor. Bola who is the well-known street terrorist had been coming around her store to intimidate her, forcing her to pay some unscrupulous amount of money, which according to him was the money for her location where her table was situated, not long after he kept coming, and Ima was too terrified of him to report to the police, as previous victims who reported either ended up dead or broken, as most of officers were also criminals in sheep clothing.
It wasn't Until Superintended Mathew commonly called Supo got transferred to the police station close to the market did Ima had peace of mind from these touts tax collectors.