The report by a Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin, that Ahmed Idris Nasreddin, the founder of NASCO, one of the makers of Cornflakes, is a financier of terrorism in Nigeria.
The report utilised Open-Source Investigation tools, has outraged Nigerians.
The report done by Hundeyin for the West Africa Weekly, traced the origin of Islamic radicalism in Nigeria and how Boko Haram became a global nightmare that appears difficult to be defeated, at the core was Nasreddin.
NASCO products, especially Cornflakes, has been trending on Nigeria’s social media, with
@DrOlufunmilayo said: “So, the Nasco Cornflakes we buy may have been the secret funding pipeline for Boko Haram and we never knew it. I just read this article and my mouth was wide open the whole time. David Hundeyin outperformed himself this one. This is totally insane.”
@von_Bismack said: “Boycott Nasco products and Cornflakes. Stop sponsoring terrorism tacitly.”
@Wizarab10 said: “The funny thing is that Nasco is my favourite cornflake. If I have to choose cornflakes, I stick with Nasco but God punish that guy. I can’t even with him arrest because nothing will happen. He signed a deal with the US and is a kingmaker in Nigeria.”
@AyanfeOfGod said: “#BoycottNASCO, stop funding terrorism indirectly. If this David Hundeyin’s investigation into behind the scene of terrorism in Nigeria doesn’t open your eyes nothing else will.”
@Eloka51 said: “So, NASCO Cornflakes we used to eat, especially when I used to visit my aunty in Jos was funding terrorist activities in Nigeria and across the world? Odiegwu.”
