Biafra: Finland seeks longer jail term as Simon Ekpa appeals terrorism conviction

A pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has appealed his coercion condemnation and six-year situation condemnation successful Finland.

According to BBC Pidgin, the Finnish authoritative handling the lawsuit has besides appealed, seeking a longer situation word for Ekpa connected the grounds that the six-year condemnation imposed by the territory tribunal was insufficient for the coercion offences.

The Finnish Court of Appeal is expected to perceive the appeals wrong the adjacent 3 weeks.

Ekpa was arrested by Finnish instrumentality enforcement authorities successful November 2024 and subsequently charged with inciting coercion and participating successful the activities of a violent group.

In September 2025, the Päijät-Häme District Court sentenced him to six years successful situation aft uncovering him blameworthy of the terrorism-related offences.

The tribunal recovered that Ekpa had utilized his important societal media pursuing to substance tensions successful Nigeria’s South-East betwixt August 2021 and November 2024.

It besides ruled that helium was an influential subordinate of a militant separatist question seeking to found an autarkic Biafra authorities successful Nigeria.

According to the court, Ekpa supplied definite groups with weapons, explosives and ammunition done his web of contacts successful the region.

The tribunal further recovered that helium encourage...