Once upon a time, the manufacturer of Mercedes Benz came to Nigeria. As he was walking along a major road along Aba, a city in the southeast of Nigeria, he saw a long vehicle with the inscription of Mercedes Benz on its body.
But going by its width and length, no Mercedes Benz products was as wide and long as such. He decided to get closer and take a very good look at it. He discovered that the structure was a Mercedes Benz in its origin but other steel plates and iron bars were constructed to it and it became something else.
He saw that originally, the lorry was meant to carry two tonnes of weight but after the construction, it could now carry up to twenty tonnes. Even the keke napep which is called 'TRICYCLE' which was meant to carry two people at the back and the driver at the front now carries four at the back and three at the front courtesy of local construction experts.
The white man was bamboozled! He then said to the driver, "hello Mr, if you can turn a vehicle of two tonnes to twenty and a tricycle of three persons to seven, then tell me about your Africa magic vehicles. I mean your magic groundnut shell cars which your witches and wizards use for flying to and fro round the world in a night".
The driver then said, "sir, you can't believed it! That groundnut shell is capable of carrying a whole village people. It has also been expanded just like your lorry and tricycle. The groundnut shell was initially meant to carry only one witch or wizard. That is why today, it is called, 'SMALL BUT MIGHTY".
The white man then concluded by saying, "Africa the Africa, the home of all surprises!"
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