Saturday, May 31, 2025 - Nigerian separatist leader, Simon Ekpa, appeared before the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on Friday, May 30, as the country’s government commenced his terrorism trial.
Recall that in November 2024, the Finnish government
arrested Ekpa on suspicion of terror-related activities, including incitement
to violence and terrorism financing.
He was accused of using social media to incite violence and
causing unrest in the South-east region in Nigeria, as part of his secessionist
agitation for Biafra.
According to the prosecutors who are demanding a six-year
prison sentence for Ekpa, his activities may constitute terrorism under Finnish
law.
“We have a
great deal of evidence regarding this individual’s online activity and
communications,” said state prosecutor Sampsa Hakala.
During interrogations, Ekpa denied ordering weapons for
pro-Biafra groups and other allegations against him.
The dual Finnish-Nigerian citizen is known for his
affiliation with a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a
separatist group agitating for the independence of Nigeria’s southeast, a
region that experienced a devastating civil war between 1967 and 1970. Ekpa has
also served as a local representative of Finland’s conservative National
Coalition Party in Lahti, where he held a position on the city’s public
transport committee.
Watch a video of him in court below
SIMON EKPA’s terrorism trial begins in Finland pic.twitter.com/JMzdWmaA71
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) May 31, 2025
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