{"id":56637,"date":"2024-11-21T13:25:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=56637"},"modified":"2024-11-21T13:25:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:25:27","slug":"biafra-agitator-simon-ekpa-arrested-in-finland-on-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/21\/biafra-agitator-simon-ekpa-arrested-in-finland-on-terrorism-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Biafra Agitator Simon Ekpa Arrested in Finland on Terrorism Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Uchendu Alexis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, has been arrested in Finland on charges of terrorism-related activities.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Criminal Police in Finland confirmed his arrest on Thursday, stating that Ekpa was detained on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.<\/p>\n<p>The P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me District Court has ordered his remand, and four others were arrested in connection with allegations of financing terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p>A police statement revealed, &#8220;The main suspect was arrested on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent, and the claims will be heard in P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me District Court today, November 21.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ekpa&#8217;s arrest comes amid mounting pressure over his involvement in orchestrating the violent &#8220;Sit-At-Home&#8221; protests in Nigeria&#8217;s Southeast, which have disrupted economic activities and exacerbated regional unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Known for using social media to promote his call for Biafran independence, Ekpa has been a highly controversial figure.<\/p>\n<p>His activities have sparked calls from both Nigerian and Finnish authorities to take action against him, as many blame him for fueling the instability in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish authorities have not released additional details on the case or the ongoing court proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Uchendu Alexis Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, has been arrested in Finland on charges of terrorism-related activities. The Central Criminal Police in Finland confirmed his arrest on Thursday, stating that Ekpa was detained on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":56638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56639,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56637\/revisions\/56639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}