Nigerians have turned to social media to create a stir in response to the release of the Hollywood film Children of the Corn.

A movie promotion page announced on March 21st that the horror film had formally reached theaters, but it received a flood of responses that it had not anticipated.

“Children of the Corn is finally out!!!”, @everymovieplug wrote on Twitter.

Following the news, Nigerians on the microblogging platform flooded the comment section, requesting that the film not be released in the country’s theaters.

The term ‘Agbado,’ which is Yoruba for corn, was popularized by the president-elect and former APC candidate Bola Tinubu, who talked about how it can be fed to young to-be-recruited troops while campaigning.

It became an internet meme, with people making jokes and bantering online, but the movie’s release, which came after Tinubu won the presidential race, left a sour flavor in people’s mouths.

While some people saw it as content that can be used to make jokes online, others called for it to be canceled or banned from the shores of Nigeria.

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