Terrorism charges

Finnish police arrest IPOB factional leader, Simon Ekpa, on alleged terrorism charges

November 21, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian factional leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested in Finland alongside four others on suspicion of terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing. Punch referred to a local publication, Yle, that Ekpa was remanded in custody by the Päijät-Häme District Court on charges of public […]

Appeal court acquits Nnamdi Kanu, quashes all govt’s terrorism charges against him

October 13, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group declaring as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria on July 9, 2021 […]