Finland charges Nigerian separatist with inciting terrorism

Finnish prosecutors connected Friday said they had charged a antheral with inciting coercion online who a media study identified arsenic Nigerian separatist person Simon Ekpa.Finland's National Prosecution Authoritysaid successful a connection that it had charged "a Finnish idiosyncratic successful a lawsuit involving suspected nationalist incitement to perpetrate crimes with violent intent and information successful the activities of a violent group.

"It added that the alleged crimes had been committed successful the metropolis of Lahti betwixt 2021 and 2024 and were related to the suspect's efforts to found Nigeria's Biafra portion arsenic an autarkic state.The prosecution authorization did not sanction the accused but Finnish nationalist broadcaster YLE identified him arsenic separatist person Simon Ekpa.Ekpa -- who claims to pb the Biafra Republic's authorities successful exile -- was detained successful November.According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained successful custody and denied the charges.Ekpa is known arsenic a self-proclaimed person of a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is pushing for the independency of Nigeria's southeast, wherever a bloody civilian warfare was fought successful the precocious 1960s. The dual Finnish-Nigerian nationalist has besides been a section typical for Finland's blimpish National Coalition Party successful the metropolis of Lahti, northbound of Helsinki, wherever helium has served connected a nationalist transport committee.

When Ekpa was arrested, Finnish authorities besides requested that 4 different radical beryllium remanded successful cust...