Simon Ekpa arrested in Finland for his involvement in terrorism according to vanguard Newspaper.
Along with four other people, Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator and self-declared prime minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, was detained in Finland on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses.
According to local media, the Päijät-Häme District Court charged Ekpa with public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent and remanded him in detention.
The Finnish Central Criminal Police reported the arrest of five people accused of terrorist activity in a statement issued on Thursday, November 21.
The four others were arrested “for financing a terrorist crime,” while Simon Ekpa, the primary suspect, was arrested “on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent,” according to the police.
“Claims will be heard in Päijät-Häme district court today, November 21,” the police statement further disclosed.
“A Finnish citizen of Nigerian heritage, born in the 1980s, suspected of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent” is the focus of the inquiry, it explained. The authorities believe that the individual has used tactics that have resulted in violence against civilians to further his efforts from Finland officials as well as other offenses in the South-Eastern Nigerian region. The investigation’s lead investigator, Crime Commissioner Otto Hiltunen, said:
“The man has engaged in this activity, among other things, on his social media channels.”
The four other suspects are charged with funding the investigation’s actions. According to the statement, “all five suspects of the crime have been arrested during the beginning of the week,” and international cooperation has been crucial to the preliminary.
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