Nigerian Simon Ekpa, Pro-Biafra Agitator, Arrested in Finland PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Finnish authorities have arrested a controversial Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, who has threatened to use violence to disrupt the conduct of the 2023 general election in Nigeria's south-east.
"Simon Ekpa has just been arrested because of the sit-at-home in the South-east. The police just took him away from his house now," a member of Igbo Community in Finland, who asked not to be named, told this newspaper. When contacted on Thursday, Finland's Ambassador to Nigeria, Leena Pylvänäinen, confirmed Mr Ekpa's arrest to PREMIUM TIMES.
The ambassador said although the Finnish police do not, as a matter of principle, give out information on the identities of persons being questioned, the viral photograph of Mr Ekpa being led by a team of Finnish police has been verified by Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish media outfit.The arrest of Mr Ekpa comes less than two weeks after the Nigerian government summoned the Finnish ambassador over threats by Mr Ekpa to stop the general election in Nigeria's south-east.
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