Nigerian Secessionist Activist Jailed for Terrorism in Finland

A Finnish court has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian-born Finnish citizen and leader of a Biafra secessionist faction, to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences. The Päijät-Häme District Court found that Ekpa equipped armed groups in south-eastern Nigeria with weapons and explosives. The court ruled that he had engaged in illegal activities between August 2021 and November 2024, and had also used social media to incite the public to commit crimes in Nigeria. He was also convicted of aggravated tax fraud. Ekpa, a former councillor in Lahti, denied the charges but was unanimously convicted by a panel of three judges. Ekpa was arres…