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Simon Ekpa

Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa jailed in Finland for 6 years

Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa jailed in Finland for 6 years

A Finnish court has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader accused of backing terrorism and committing financial crimes. Ekpa, who resides in Finland, leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a movement long blamed by Nigerian authorities for violent attacks and kidnappings in the country’s southeast. Judges in…

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