Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has criticised Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his silence on the conviction of Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian-born Finnish separatist. GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported that the 40-year-old Ekpa, was on sentenced to six years in prison by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland for terrorism-related crimes, aggravated tax…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has distanced itself from the recent conviction of Simon Ekpa in Finland, stressing that his activities have no connection with the group. The group accused the Nigerian government of launching a smear campaign to discredit its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Emma…
The Federal Government has described the conviction of Simon Ekpa for terrorism-related offences and other charges by a Finnish Court as “a major victory” against terrorism. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this while reacting to Ekpa’s sentencing to six years in prison by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on…
The Päijät-Häme District Court on Monday sentenced Nigerian-born Finnish, Simon Ekpa, to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes and other offences, according to official court documents seen by BBC News Pidgin on Monday. The 40-year-old former municipal politician from Lahti was convicted on multiple charges, including participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation,…
The trial of the self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Nigerian-Finnish, Simon Ekpa, commenced in Finland on Friday. Ekpa, who heads a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was charged with terrorism offences by the Finnish authorities on May 16, 2025. The deputy prosecutor general in Finland charged Ekpa with public incitement to commit a crime…
Detained Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa has reversed his earlier stance, denying any involvement in the killings reported across parts of Nigeria’s South-East. Speaking through his lawyer, Jonathan Levy, in a statement, Ekpa distanced himself and his affiliated groups from recent violence, particularly in Orsu and other communities in Imo and Anambra states. “The publication contains…
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa. Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and participation…
Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the federal government is yet to commence the extradition process of Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator. Fagbemi denied reports that he recently announced that the federal government had commenced the extradition process of Ekpa. A statement by Kamarudeen Ogundele, media aide to Fagbemi, clarified that the…
Simon Ekpa, an associate of the detained self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, will soon be brought back to Nigeria for trial, a Federal High Court was told in Abuja yesterday. An official of the Department of State Services (DSS), who was testifying at the resumption of proceedings…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of orchestrating what it describes as “relentless and insidious media manipulation” aimed at derailing its push for self-determination and discrediting its leadership. In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday by IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful,…