The Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland has handed a six-year prison sentence to pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa after finding him guilty of terrorism-related crimes.
The verdict, delivered on Monday, established that Ekpa incited terrorism and was actively involved in the operations of a terrorist organisation.
According to Finnish daily Yle, the judges said Ekpa exploited his “significant social media following” to inflame unrest in Nigeria’s South-East between August 2021 and November 2024.
In their unanimous judgment, the three-member panel described Ekpa as a key figure in a separatist armed movement pushing to establish an independent Biafra state.
The court further ruled that Ekpa had facilitated the supply of weapons, explosives, and ammunition to certain groups “through his network of contacts in the region, and he was also found to have encouraged his followers on social media platform X to commit crimes in Nigeria”.
Beyond the terrorism charges, Ekpa was also found guilty of aggravated tax evasion and breaches of Finland’s Attorneys Act.
