February 23, (THEWILL) – Factional leader of the the outlawed southeast separatist group, the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has been arrested in Finland.
Ekpa was arrested on Thursday, by the police and taken into custody just 48 hours to the start of the general elections in Nigeria.
Tommi Reen from the Central Criminal Police, who confirmed his arrest, said Ekpa was arrested by KRP during a police operation in a private apartment in the centre of Lahti.
Nigeria had asked Finland to intervene in Ekpa’s activities. Last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, invited the Finnish ambassador, Leena Pylvänäinen, to a meeting.
Security and intelligence service have linked the kidnapping and murders in the South-East to speeches made by Ekpa.
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