Plainclothes police officers took Simon Ekpa out of his home in the center of Lahti on Thursday. PHOTO: MARKKU NISKANEN/HS
Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested in Finland.
A top official in a Nigerian security agency confirmed the development to TheCable on Thursday.
A Finland-based newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, reported that Ekpa was arrested by police in his residence located at Lahti, Finland.
He was said to have been scheduled for a newspaper interview before he was picked up by the police.
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Recently, Ekpa declared that there will be no elections in the south-east zone of Nigeria.
Aside from the threat to elections, the Finland-based Nigerian had insisted that people of the south-east region must observe sit-at-home every Monday to protest the detention of Kanu.
The sit-at-home directive has been reportedly linked to killings in the south-east.
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However, the leadership of IPOB through its spokesperson, Emmanuel Powerful, had distanced the group from the sit-at-home order issued by Ekpa.
In December 2021, TheCable profiled Ekpa as someone who uses disinformation to fight for the secession of the south-east from Nigeria.
In September 2021, the Biafra agitator denounced Nigeria and vowed to return the medal he won for the country at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships.
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