BREAKING: Pro-Biafra Activist Simon Ekpa Detained in Finland
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The controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been arrested by the Finnish Central Criminal Police.
Mr Ekpa is the leader of Autopilot, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The Finnish police said they suspect that Mr Ekpa “has contributed to violence and crimes against civilians in South-eastern Nigeria.”
IPOB is a group leading agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the south-east and some parts of south-south Nigeria.
The Biafra agitator was arrested alongside four others on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist activities, a Finnish newspaper reported.
The report said discussion for possible imprisonment of the pro-Biafra agitator would be discussed on Thursday (today), in the District Court of
The Finnish police said Mr Ekpa “has contributed to violence and crimes against civilians in South-eastern Nigeria.”
Mr Ekpa is the leader of Autopilot, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).IPOB is a group leading agitation for an independent state of Biafra which it wants carved out from the south-east and some parts of south-south Nigeria.
The Biafra agitator was arrested alongside four others on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist activities, a Finnish newspaper reported.The Finnish police said they suspect that Mr Ekpa “has contributed to violence and crimes against civilians in South-eastern Nigeria.”
The report said discussion for possible imprisonment of the pro-Biafra agitator would be discussed on Thursday (today), in the District Court of Päijät-Häme.
A pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa.
“The police suspect that the man (Ekpa) has promoted his efforts from Finland with means that have led to violence against civilians and authorities as well as other crimes in the region of South-eastern Nigeria.
“The man has carried out this activity, among other things, on his social media channels,” the Head of the investigation, Crime Commissioner, Otto Hiltunen of the Central Criminal Police, was quoted as saying.
Mr Ekpa, a Nigerian-Finnish citizen, was said to have been indicted for financing terrorism alongside the four other suspects.
The Finnish police said he allegedly committed the crimes between 23 August 2021 and 18 November 2024 in Lahti, a town in Finlan
The other four suspects are persons with a foreign background born in the 1970s or 1960s, according to the report.
They were said to have committed the crime in August 2022, also in Lahti.
Aside from Mr Ekpa, the identities of the four suspects were not provided.
“All five suspects were arrested during the first week. The police say that during the preliminary investigation, they had international cooperation,” the report said.
Imprisoned?
The report said the District Court of Päijät-Häme, on Thursday, ordered that Mr Ekpa be imprisoned “with probable cause on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.”
But it is not clear, for now, if the pro-Biafra agitator has been imprisoned.
Not the first time
In February 2023, Finnish authorities arrested Mr Ekpa, shortly after he threatened to disrupt Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections.
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