The self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government In Exile, Simon Ekpa is currently cooling off in one of the prisons in Finland following his arrest by the authorities over terror-related activities on Thursday.
DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS gathered that the rabble rouser agitator was taken into custody alongside four others suspected to be his financiers.
A Finnish paper reported that Ekpa was remanded in custody by the district court of Päijät-Häme on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.
Finland police in a statement posted on its official website said that it arrested five persons on suspicion of terrorist crimes.
The police said the main suspect was arrested “on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent”, while four others were arrested “for financing a terrorist crime”.
“The detention demands are related to the preliminary investigation, in which a Finnish citizen of Nigerian background, born in the 1980s, is suspected of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.
“The police suspect that the man has promoted his efforts from Finland by means that have led to violence against civilians and authorities as well as other crimes in the region of South-Eastern Nigeria”, the statement reads.
Also, the statement while quoting the head of the investigation, Crime Commissioner Otto Hiltunen from the Central Crime Police said that “the man has orchestrated this activity, among other things, on his social media channels”.
“Four other persons are suspected of financing the aforementioned activity. All five suspects of the crime have been arrested during the beginning of the week.
“International cooperation has been carried out during the preliminary investigation,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of IPOB Political Wing, Mazi Nwachukwu Emereonye, has called for the immediate extradition of Mr Ekpa to Nigeria to face the consequences of his actions.
While speaking with DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS, Emereonye noted that Ekpa’s actions have led to death of scores of innocent civilians and destruction of businesses worth billions of Naira in the South-East region.
He hailed the arrest, urging the Finnish authorities to hand him over to the Nigerian government for immediate action.
“We in IPOB Political Wing welcome the arrest of Simon Ekpa. His actions are unbecoming. Scores of people have been killed and properties worth billions of Naira destroyed.
“He should be handed over the Nigerian government for immediate prosecution”, Nwachukwu said.
