Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- In January, a network of X (Twitter) accounts carried out what appears to be a coordinated influence operation for Erisco Foods Limited and violated the social media platform's policies in the process.

Erisco Foods Limited is the Nigerian food product manufacturer that faced backlash following the arrest of a customer, Chioma Okoli, who criticised one of its products on social media last year.

PREMIUM TIMES found more than a dozen X accounts - many of them faceless and parody accounts of influential social media users - drumming support for Erisco Foods on 19 January.

They authored a series of posts on X, using the hashtag #Eriscofood, to drive a campaign to launder the image of the corporate brand over accusations ...