THE AUTHORITY NGR
From Everest EZIHE, Owerri
As the Federal Government of Nigeria is making frantic efforts to ensure the extradition of Mr.Simeon Ekpa to Nigeria from Finland where he’s facing charges of instigating insecurities in South East Nigeria, a group under the auspices of Igbo-Biafra Nationalists ,IBN, with Mazi Uche Mefor as founder says it would be difficult for Nigeria as a nation to win the legal battle of extraditing the freedom crusader to Nigeria.
The Spokesperson of IBN, Edoziuno Chukwunonso, recently disclosed this to newsmen while reacting on the arrest of Ekpa by Finland authority.
Just as Mefor insisted that, “the debate surrounding Simon Ekpa’s potential extradition from Finland to Nigeria continues to stir legal and political discourse, with Mazi Uche Mefor, the convenor of the Igbo-Biafra Nationalists (IBN) and the Indigenous People of Igbo Nation for Self-determination (IPINS), issuing a strong statement on the matter. Nigerian authorities will face significant challenges in their bid to extradite Ekpa, a Finnish citizen, back to Nigeria.
“Simon Ekpa cannot be extradited to Nigeria by Nigerian authorities merely by wishing for it or expressing it,” Mefor stated.
He highlighted that such an attempt would result in a “protracted legal battle” in which Nigeria is unlikely to prevail, citing Ekpa’s Finnish citizenship and the stringent human rights protocols in Finland.
