It was gathered that Simon Ekpa was picked up from his apartment in Lahti region of Finland by officers from the Finnish Central Criminal Police on Thursday morning, February 23.
Ekpa, a leader of the Autopilot group faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), had repeatedly ordered sit-at-home across the South-East in Nigeria, insisting that there would be no election in the region this year.
He recently declared a sit-at-home from today, February 23 to 28, to stop the conduct of the 2023 general election in the South-East, but IPOB through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, had distanced the secessionist group from the order.
The separatist leader has been fingered as being the arrowhead of several killings by ‘unknown gunmen’, a dangerous armed militia responsible for the deaths of several people and even public officials in the South-East.
It was gathered that some Nigerians had reported Ekpa to the Finnish Government over the threats by the separatist leader and his teeming followers that provokes killings, maiming, burning and other destructive activities in the South-East.
Simon Ekpa’s reported arrest comes a few days after he denied reports that the Finish government gave him 48 hours to call off the sit-at-home orders or risk being arrested and charged with international terrorism.
KanyiDaily recalls that Simon Ekpa was appointed to replace Nnamdi Kanu following the re-arrest of the IPOB leader by the federal government of Nigeria.
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the Easther part of Nigeria ( the Igbos can now breath in Fresh air. Simon Ekpa has been the problem the Eastern of Nigeria Had over stay at home in the East which have brought down the Economic strength of the Igbos. His excesses was too much. He is living in Finland enjoying all good lives while the Eastern Nigeria citizens are suffering due to his continuous illegal directives to IPOB members in Eastern part of Nigeria.Ekpa does not know the genesis of The War between Biafra and Nigeria.THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE AGITATION FROM THE EAST OF NIGERIA IS TO VOTE IGBO POLITICIAN TO POWER. The use of upper case in the passage symbolizes emphasis and importance of this commentary.