Monday, September 1, 2025 - A district court in Finland has
sentenced Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for terrorism.
Ekpa, an agitator for the actualisation of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), was sentenced on Monday, September 1.
In the ruling, the Päijät-Häme court found Ekpa guilty of
inciting terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist
group.
Acording to Finnish newspaper Yle, the court said Ekpa had
used his “significant social media following” to stoke tensions in Nigeria’s
south-east region between August 2021 and November 2024.
The district court also noted that Ekpa had supplied certain
groups with weapons, explosives, and ammunition “through his network of
contacts in the region, and he was also found to have encouraged his followers
on social media platform X to commit crimes in Nigeria”.
Ekpa, a long-term resident of Lahti and one-time local
councillor, committed these crimes from the Finnish city, the verdict added,
meaning the Finnish court had jurisdiction in the case.
Ekpa had denied all the charges in court.
The Finnish court also convicted Ekpa of aggravated tax fraud and violating the provisions of the Attorneys Act.
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