A FINNISH court has sentenced Simon Ekpa, the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Government in Exile, to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences. The ruling has been welcomed by Nigerian officials, who accuse Ekpa of inciting deadly unrest in the country’s southeast. The Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti ruled that Ekpa had engaged in ‘public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent’, using social media to broadcast messages that prosecutors said directly fuelled violence in Nigeria. The judgement, first reported by Finnish broadcaster Yle,…
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