The Finnish authorities have approved the extradition of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In Exile, Simon Ekpa to Nigeria.
TheHintsNews reports that the 2024 arrest of Ekpa in Lahti, Finland, marked the culmination of a months-long investigation led by Finnish authorities, who accused him of using digital platforms to incite violence against civilians, security operatives, and government institutions in Nigeria.
He was also alleged to have orchestrated a series of violent “sit-at-home” orders that paralysed economic activity in the South East.
Similarly, four alleged co-conspirators were also arrested in connection with financing and facilitating his operations from abroad.
However, the transfer of the Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator is scheduled for July 15, 2025, following the ruling of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti on April 18, 2025.
TheHintsNews reports that Ekpa over the years has been a central figure in the agitation for Biafran independence.
Ekpa’s faction split from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) after the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu.
He had been accused of stoking violence and unrest in Nigeria’s southeast through incendiary online broadcasts and radical directives.