Quote Originally Posted by Stan View Post
It won't be juju if it occurs frequently and BH takes credit for doing it. If you recall the scares in the US when someone tampered with pain relievers - the entire country freaked out despite the fact it was isolated to a very small area. As you point out, if it takes place in Lagos, it will be time to freak out for Nigeria too.

We had an explosion here years ago (coincidentally in a box of corn flakes). It was months before people would even enter the store and the owner nearly went bankrupt. That's kind of the idea - you don't get off on Western corn flakes and you make your point.
A little over a decade ago the Burkinabé flipped out all of a sudden about a commercial food additive being used in their (CFA–style) baguettes which had been banned elsewhere on the continent and in Europe. And this in a place and time with less electronic media than today’s Nigeria! (Before anyone makes any comments about the Burkinabé being poorly informed I would point out that ready access to TV and Twitter does not necessarily lead to one being well–informed. Often it seems to do just the opposite. )