{"id":65883,"date":"2025-05-17T04:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65883"},"modified":"2025-05-17T04:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:30:39","slug":"ekpa-faces-terror-charges-in-finland-over-biafra-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/17\/ekpa-faces-terror-charges-in-finland-over-biafra-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekpa Faces Terror Charges in Finland Over Biafra Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simon Ekpa, a dual citizen of Nigeria and Finland, is facing serious criminal charges in Finland for allegedly inciting terrorism linked to his pro-Biafra agitation.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s National Prosecution Authority confirmed that a Finnish national has been charged with publicly inciting crimes with terrorist intent and allegedly participating in a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Though unnamed in the official statement, multiple reports from YLE, Finland\u2019s public broadcaster, and Nigerian sources identify the suspect as Ekpa.<\/p>\n<p>The charges cover a period from 2021 to 2024 and focus on activities traced to the city of Lahti.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities allege Ekpa used digital platforms to encourage unrest in Nigeria\u2019s southeast under the banner of Biafra independence.<\/p>\n<p>Ekpa, who styles himself as leader of the so-called Biafra Republic Government in Exile, is linked to a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian authorities accuse him of fueling violence through broadcasts that have incited attacks on civilians and public institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Though Ekpa was detained in November 2024 and remains in custody, he denies all allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Four others earlier suspected of funding terrorism were released due to insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n<p>This case highlights the growing challenge of policing cross-border extremism driven by online influence and diaspora activism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Simon Ekpa, a dual citizen of Nigeria and Finland, is facing serious criminal charges in Finland for allegedly inciting terrorism linked to his pro-Biafra agitation. Finland\u2019s National Prosecution Authority confirmed that a Finnish national has been charged with publicly inciting crimes with terrorist intent and allegedly participating in a terrorist organization. Though [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,1386],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-judiciary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65883","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65885,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65883\/revisions\/65885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}