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Ekpa, a factional leader of the Nigerian proscribed separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested on Thursday, according to a report by ...

“I went to interview him this morning. He said Ekpa’s action was fast becoming a threat to the forthcoming election, and that the Nigerian government would not take it lightly with him and the Finland government if nothing drastic was done to curtail his threats. He said the sit-at-home orders and stopping the 2023 elections in the region would help his faction of the IPOB to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra in Southeast and Southsouth parts of Nigeria.

Popular Nigerian separatist agitator Simon Ekpa has been reportedly arrested by Finnish authorities.

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Finnish authorities on Thursday said they have arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, identified as Simon Ekpa.

“The Central Criminal Police confirms that it suspects the man arrested in Lahti on Thursday of a crime in Finland, but does not comment further on the matter at this stage. Helsingin Sanomat, in its report titled ‘A Nigerian activist active in local politics in Lahti is suspected of a crime in Finland,’ said: “A Nigerian activist active in local politics in Lahti is suspected of a crime in Finland. Also, an official of the Embassy of Finland in Abuja, in an email to our correspondent, following Daily Sun’s enquiry, said: “Yes, the arrest of Simon Ekpa as reported in Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish newspaper, is true.”

Im arrest dey come days after di Nigeria goment bin summon di Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria Leena Pylvanainen sake of Ekpa threat to stop di 2023 general ...

For November 2021 dem bin give warning say di governorship election for Anambra state no go hold. Dem burn di two pipo alive for Imoko town for Arondizuogu district according to reports. Di agitator bin recently declare five days sit-at-home order starting from 23 February to 28 and dis one dey make pipo of di southeast fear say di presidential election fit no hold for di region. Governors and leaders of di region bin don do several meetings to end di activities of di gunmen. Nigeria dey into major election for 2023 and di group from di video say dem no want election. Di incident happun for Ori-Agu, Ehime Mbano Local Goment Area, wen di former govnor and im two pikin dem bin dey return from im hometown to Owerri, di Imo State capital.

Simon Ekpa a factional pro-Biafra separatist agitator, has been arrested. His arrest was effected on Thursday by Finland authorities By Emma Ogbuehi.

In the run up to the election, there are insinuations that similar directive could be issued by him or any of the contending forces in the region and the residents, out of fear, may comply and lose their rights of electing those to govern them. Out of fear and other considerations, the people obeyed. His arrest was effected on Thursday by Finland authorities

Simon Ekpa was arrested Thursday by Finnish police and taken to their facility for questioning.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. 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. He lives in Finland. Mr Ekpa, a lawyer, said the sit-at-home orders and stopping the 2023 elections in the region would help his faction of IPOB to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra for Igbo-speaking people in the south-east and south-south Nigeria. The arrest of Mr Ekpa comes less than two weeks after the Nigerian government summoned the Finnish ambassador over threats by Mr Ekpa to stop the general election in Nigeria’s south-east. The ambassador said although the Finnish police do not, as a matter of principle, give out information on the identities of persons being questioned, the viral photograph of Mr Ekpa being led by a team of Finnish police has been verified by Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish media outfit.

Simon Ekpa has called for a boycott of Nigeria's election, and allegedly incited violence on social media.

He did not respond to BBC requests for comment at the time. Police have blamed Ipob for the killings. [Why the battle for Lagos could decide Nigeria election](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64648703) [Nigeria elections 2023](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cqymyxky0xjt) [Has Buhari tackled jihadist threat in Nigeria?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64667959) Ipob says it is fighting for the rights of the Igbo ethnic group in the region. Mr Ekpa came to national prominence after he announced on his Facebook page in 2021 that Ipob leader Nnamdi Kanu had ordered him to assume the role of broadcaster on the group's radio station, Radio Biafra. Mr Ekpa has previously declared that his group was "in a revolution and visible state of war". In 2022, a BBC investigation identified Mr Ekpa as one of the "media warriors" of Ipob, who were allegedly using social media to call for violence. He leads a faction within the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), which is fighting for a breakaway state in south-eastern Nigeria. A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Mr Ekpa, a Finnish citizen of Nigerian origin, denies any links to the killings and violence in the region, saying they were carried out by the Nigerian government.

A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday,

“The person being questioned today is suspected of a crime. He was later released after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime. A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS.

The arrest of Mr Ekpa comes less than two weeks after the Nigerian government summoned the Finnish ambassador over threats...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. 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. He lives in Finland. Mr Ekpa, a lawyer, said the sit-at-home orders and stopping the 2023 elections in the region would help his faction of IPOB to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra for Igbo-speaking people in the south-east and south-south Nigeria. The arrest of Mr Ekpa comes less than two weeks after the Nigerian government summoned the Finnish ambassador over threats by Mr Ekpa to stop the general election in Nigeria’s south-east. The ambassador said although the Finnish police do not, as a matter of principle, give out information on the identities of persons being questioned, the viral photograph of Mr Ekpa being led by a team of Finnish police has been verified by Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish media outfit.