LAGOS, Nigeria – One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect transforming himself into a goat as vigilantes cornered him.
The paper quoted police spokesman Tunde Mohammed as saying that while one suspect escaped, the other transformed into a goat as he was about to be apprehended.
The newspaper reported that police paraded the goat before journalists, and published a picture of the animal.
Police in the state couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
Belief in black magic is widespread in Nigeria, particularly in far-flung rural areas.
MAZDA
began as Toyo Kogyo in 1920 as a manufacturer of machine tools. Having started as a cork factory, the first roadable products of the Toyo Kogyo group from Hiroshima in 1931 were motorbikes and three-wheeler vans. The first car prototype was developed in 1940, though it took another 20 years before mass production could start.The first vehicle was produced in 1931 with the introduction of Mazda-Go.
The first car with 4 wheel produced by Mazda in 1960 and was named the R360. This was followed by Mazda Carol in 1962. The first model the R-360 (the number indicates the capacity)is a coupe that survived until 1970. The slightly larger Carol (available with 360 and 600 cc) was a car that was similar to the Ford Anglia and had a reverse-angle rear window. In 1964 a convertible complemented the series.
One of the reasons Mazda became known in Germany was because of its takeover of the Wankel rotary piston license in 1961 and is still faithfully using and developing this particular combustion engine technology today.
