Christopher Musa, the chief of defence staff (CDS), says
Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of
the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), must be arrested and
prosecuted.
Musa spoke on Wednesday during a Channels Television special
broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 2024 Democracy Day.
Ekpa is based in Finland and has continued to issue the
sit-at-home order in IPOB’s and Kanu’s names.
Musa accused the government of Finland of shielding Simon
Ekpa, a self-proclaimed prime minister of the IPOB.
In February 2023,
Helsingin Sanomat (HS), a newspaper in Finland, reported that Ekpa was
arrested by police at his residence located in Lahti but was released after
hours of questioning.
In September 2021, the Biafra agitator denounced Nigeria and
vowed to return the medal he won for the country at the 2003 African Junior
Athletics Championships.
Musa called on the federal government to take decisive
action, including exploring diplomatic options to curb the menace of the
factional leader of the IPOB.
“We have repeatedly complained about the issue of Simon
Ekpa. He is in Finland, and the Finnish government is giving him all the
support, and he is doing what he is doing,” the CDS said.
“The comments he is making mean people are being killed and
nothing is being done. This is democracy.
“If the European Union is supporting democracy and this is
happening and they are not taking action, then they don’t mean well for
Nigeria.
“We have said that in
clear terms. We need to diplomatically find means of getting him out of
whatever it is that he is doing. He must be arrested, and he must be
prosecuted.
“Look at it from the other way, assuming he is in Nigeria,
he is doing that to the Finnish government. Do you think the European Union
will allow that to happen? They definitely will not.”
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