Following an allegation of terror-related activities, Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa and four other individuals have been apprehended in Finland.
The Central Criminal Police in Finland made this known on Thursday in a post on its website.
It was gathered that the district court of Päijät-Häme ordered the remand of the self-declared Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government.
While the main suspect was nabbed on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent, the police said the four others were arrested for financing a terrorist crime.
The statement reads, “The detention demands are related to the preliminary investigation, in which a Finnish citizen of Nigerian background, born in the 1980s, is suspected of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.
“The police suspect that the man has promoted his efforts from Finland by means that have led to violence against civilians and authorities as well as other crimes in the region of South-Eastern Nigeria.”
The statement quoted the head of the investigation, Crime Commissioner Otto Hiltunen from the Central Crime Police as saying that “the man has carried out this activity, among other things, on his social media channels”.
“Four other persons are suspected of financing the aforementioned activity. All five suspects of the crime have been arrested during the beginning of the week.
“International cooperation has been carried out during the preliminary investigation,” the statement added.
