AUTHORITIES in Finland have reportedly released Simon Ekpa, a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator and self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Finland.
The Finnish Central Criminal Police confirmed Ekpa’s release yesterday, according to HS reports.
The police claimed that its operation in Lahti and the subsequent arrest of the pro-Biafra agitator were in connection with the ongoing preliminary investigation.
“The person being questioned today is suspected of a crime. We will return to the title on Friday,” Tommi Reen from the Central Criminal Police told HS during a phone interview.
According to a Finland news outlet, Helsingin Sanomat (HS), the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti.
The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their surprise, the Finland police, KRP, answered when the HS team rang the separatist’s bell.
The HS said the KRP prevented their team from entering Ekpa’s apartment and said that the interview would be moved “to the future.”When contacted, an official of the Finnish Embassy in Abuja who craves anonymity confirmed Ekpa’s arrest. “It is our understanding that he is currently in police custody in Finland,” the official who is not authorised to speak to the press said.
“According to information available to us, the image is verified by Helsingin Sanomat, a Finnish newspaper; in it, Ekpa is seen being escorted out of his home in Lahti by plainclothes Finnish police”, the official volunteered.
