Pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, appeared in the Päijät-Häme District Court on Friday for a preparatory hearing on terrorism-related charges. A Finnish local news medium, Yle, reports. The Finnish government in November 2024 announced the arrest of Ekpa alongside four others on suspicion of terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing. Finnish police confirmed that Ekpa, described as the …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has denied reports that the Federal Government has commenced extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, a factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB). In a statement by his Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele, on Friday, the AGF said the reports misrepresented comments he …

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has stated that the Nigerian government is working closely with the Finnish authorities to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution over offences allegedly committed against the country’s national security and sovereignty. The AGF disclosed this on Thursday during the quarterly stakeholders and citizens’ engagement programme organised by the …

The authorities in Finland have frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Biafran agitator facing allegations of terrorism-related activities. According to Yle, a local newspaper, the Finnish government also froze the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. The report said Ekpa is being held in the Kylmäkoski vankila, (Kylmäkoski …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has asked the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah to stop linking the group with the Finland-based Simon Ekpa’s autopilot group. It insisted that IPoB had nothing to do with Ekpa and his group. The pro-Biafran group was reacting to the claims by the governor that the police neutralised 27 kidnapping gangs of Eastern …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB),  on Friday, appealed to media houses and social media platforms to be appropriately guided in reflecting and linking the activities of auto-pilot and of leader Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa with IPoB, saying that he is not their member. In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, IPoB expressed …

Finland-based Pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses carried out by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. Three people were killed on Wednesday when traders took to the streets to protest the sealing of their shops by the state government for not opening for business on …

A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to Helsingin Sanomat (HS). Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen. He was later released after the Police arrested him for a suspected crime. The Finnish Central …

Thursday’s arrest by the Finnish authorities of a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa was received with rapturous joy and relief in many parts of the South-East and Nigeria as a whole. It is gathered that Ekpa’s eventual arrest in his residence in faraway Lahti followed relentless pressure mounted by the Federal Government and Igbo leaders on the Finland government …

Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa. He is the brain behind the sit-at-home order in the South-East. According to a Finland news outlet, Helsingin Sanomat (HS), the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform reported that its team had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their …