Reports of the arrest of the acclaimed leader of Eastern Security Network (ESN), alleged armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, stormed the internet by surprise on Thursday, November 21.
Just when talks of the realisation of Biafra in December was gathering momentum, that was when the Finnish government apprehended the self-acclaimed Prime Minister.
Now, for the first time in a while, agitators of the Biafra movement could not find the mouth to talk.
It was reported that Simon Ekpa was remanded in detention by Finland authority for alleged terrorist activities.
The District Court of Päijät-Häme, in Finland, sent Ekpa, who is a Lahti-Nigerian municipal politician, “to prison on probable cause and on suspicion of publicly inciting people to commit crime with terrorist intent”.
The Propaganda
The court said Simon Ekpa allegedly spread separatist propaganda on social media.
It reported that Ekpa allegedly committed the reported crime on 23 August 2021, in Lahti.
In addition to Ekpa, BBC reported Finnish National Bureau of Investigation also arrested four other men on suspicion of terrorist offences.
Recall that Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, had called on the federal government to expedite action for the repatriation of Ekpa.
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Governor Mbah accused Ekpa, who claimed to replace IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, of disrupting the security of the South East region through his Monday sit-at-home order.
On his social media handle, Ekpa consistently described Nigeria as a ‘zoo’. According to him, he wants a separate country for the people of South East.
Now, with his arrest, one cannot help but wonder what the fate of IPOB will be, or perhaps, that fate is one that hangs on the balance.
Does this mean that the ‘people of Biafra’ will not go to their Biafra land by December by Ekpa?
Only time will tell.
