Nigerian Government Pressurizing Finland to Extradite Ekpa
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it’s mounting pressure on the Finnish authorities to extradite Simon Ekpa, who is wanted in Nigeria for terrorism. Ekpa, the self-styled Prime Minister of the non-existent Biafra Republic, was arrested yesterday in Finland.
He has been giving orders to residents of southeastern part of Nigeria to sit at home on Mondays while the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra enforces the order on the people. It often leads to killing of the people they intend to govern when they get their republic.
The Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has confirmed his arrest and it looks forward to having the Finland-based secessionist in Nigeria.
On Friday the foreign affairs ministry said that Ekpa has been charged with terrorism and promotion of violence.
The statement reads, “The ministry wishes to confirm the arrest of Ekpa, a Nigerian-Finnish citizen and prominent leader of IPOB, by Finnish authorities on Thursday, November 21.
“He was charged with inciting terrorism and promoting violence. The Finnish District Court of Päijät-Häme ruled to detain him on probable cause for publicly inciting crimes with terrorist intent.
“The Finnish authorities alleged that Ekpa used social media platforms to spread separatist propaganda, incite violence and encourage illegal actions, which had caused significant disruptions in the South-East of Nigeria.
“Finnish investigators had also linked him to incidents of violence in Nigeria, which were believed to have been fuelled by his online activities.
“The arrest of Ekpa follows sustained diplomatic pressure by the Nigerian government on Finland, to take action against his activities, linked to violence and instability in the South-East of Nigeria.”
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