Nigeria, April 27 -- A banker and entrepreneur, Magnus Chukwuekezie, on Saturday unveiled his autobiography, Against All Odds: Weathering the Storms of Disability, telling a deeply personal story of resilience that speakers said could reshape public attitudes to disability and determination.

The book launch, held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, drew government officials, business leaders and associates who described the author's life as a testament to perseverance in the face of early adversity.

Mr Chukwuekezie, a divisional head at Keystone Bank and chairman of Everyday Foods Group, recounted how contracting polio at age two shaped yet did not limit his ambitions.

"Your story is not defined by what happens to you but by what you choose to be...