Lagos, Nigeria – On September 16, 2023, Chioma Okoli posted a review of the Nagiko tomato puree she bought at a street market in Sangotedo, Lagos, on her Facebook page.
She was telling the few thousand followers on her small-business page that it tasted more sugary than other products, asking those who had tried it what they thought.
The post received a diversity of opinions, but it reached a head when a Facebook user commented: “Stop spoiling my brother product, if [you] don’t like it, use another one than bring it to social media…”
Okoli responded, saying: “Help me advise…