Simon Ekpa being escorted out of his apartment by Finland police, Thursday
Finland police release IPOB agitator, Simon Ekpa hours after arrest
Pro-secession group in the South East group, Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by police in Finland, barely hours after he was arrested and questioned, last Thursday.
Ekp who was earlier Thursday, arrested at his Lahti residence in the northern European country, for questioning by police was hours later released over a suspected crime.
The Finnish Central Criminal Police has now confirmed Ekpa’s release on Thursday.
The police claimed Ekpa’s arrest was 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.
Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had repeatedly ordered the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home and asked them to boycott the country’s general elections billed for this Saturday.
