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.
Mr Ekpa was arrested Thursday by Finnish police and taken to their facility for questioning, sources told PREMIUM TIMES.
“Simon Ekpa has just been arrested because of the sit-at-home in the South-east. The (Finnish) 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.
A photograph of the pro-Biafra agitator being led out of his residence by a team of Finnish police has been circulating on social media.
When contacted on Thursday, Finland’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Leena Pylvänäinen, confirmed Mr Ekpa’s arrest to PREMIUM TIMES.
“Yes, it is our understanding, based on the news report by Helsingin Sanomat, that Mr Ekpa was taken in for questioning earlier today from his home in Lahti,” Mrs…
