Cornflakes For Jihad: The Boko Haram Origin Story

In 1955, a 33 year-old Islamic scholar from Gummi in modern day Zamfara State, Nigeria, travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage. What happened next would forever impact on the socio-political future of Nigeria and radically alter the country's trajectory. This documentary is based on "Cornflakes For Jihad: The Boko Haram Origin Story," a long-read investigation published in October 2021 on West Africa Weekly by Nigerian independent journalist David Hundeyin. Story link: https://westafricaweekly.substack.com... Link to GSPC explainer: https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=467433 Link to Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's terrorism funder designation by US Treasury Department: https://www.treasury.gov/press-center... To support West Africa Weekly with a one-off tip or a recurrent payment, please use one of the links below: Flok (NGN): https://tryflok.com/gift/davidhundeyin Patreon (other currencies):   / davidhundeyin   Video edited and produced by Olisa & Seyi