ORLU, Imo State – May 11, 2026. People in the quiet farming town of Orlu, Imo State, are still talking about what happened on a normal harvesting day. A woman from the area pulled a cassava tuber so huge that everyone who saw it stopped and stared in shock. The giant root was bigger than anything they had ever seen in their farms.
The video of the moment started spreading like wildfire on Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) this morning. In the clip, the woman and some villagers stand around the massive cassava. It looks longer and thicker than a full-grown adult. Many people in Orlu rushed to the farm to see it with their own eyes. Some were laughing, others were just shaking their heads in amazement.
Cassava is very important in Nigeria. It is what we use to make garri, fufu and many other foods we eat every day. Nigeria is the biggest producer of cassava in the world, and Imo State soil is known to be very good for it. But even the oldest farmers in Orlu say they have never seen one like this.
The exact time the woman harvested it is not clear, but the video came out today, Monday, May 11, 2026. Within hours, it had thousands of views. Nigerians from different states are reacting fast.
On X, one person wrote: “Villagers Left in Shock After Harvesting a Giant Cassava. What’s ur thoughts guys?” Another post said, “Villagers in sh0ck after harvesting world’s potentially largest cassava ever.” Many comments called it a blessing. One user from the Southeast posted, “Ala Igbo Amaka! Our land is truly blessed.” Some people joked, “This one cassava go make garri for the whole village!” Others asked, “Is this real or edited? Because this thing no be small thing o!”