By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
EXILED member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mr Simon Ekpa, has been directed by the Finnish Government to reverse his sit-at-home order in 48 hours or risk being arrested and charged with International Terrorism.
Simon Ekpa had, in previous broadcasts, declared sit-at-home in the Southeast of Nigeria, an action which had caused unfortunate security breach in the region.
Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Mirella Marin, gave the order in a statement personally signed and sighted on Thursday morning.
Stonix News reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria via Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, had complained to the Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Leena Pylvanainen, over Ekpa’s incessant call for civil disobedience in the Eastern part of Nigeria.
Ekpa had recently directed a sit-at-home order on the days slated for the general elections which did not go down well with the Federal Government.
Onyema, through the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, had, on Wednesday, said Ekpa’s action was becoming a threat to the forthcoming elections, and that the Federal Government would not take it lightly with him and the Finland government if nothing drastic was done.
In a statement issued late Thursday in response to the complaint, the Finland government warned Ekpa, who’s resident in Finland, to desist from such act, giving him 48 hours to reverse his order via the social media or risk being arrested and charged with International Terrorism.
The letter, signed by the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Mirella Marin, reads in part:
“Following complaints by Nigerians in Finland and the Nigerian Government about your various pronouncements, using social media outlets, to impose sit-at-homes in Nigeria, you are hereby warned to desist from such nefarious activities which are capable of disturbing the peace and causing bloodshed.
“More worrying to the Finnish Government is your imposition of sit-at-homes on days slated for democratic elections in Nigeria. This is an act of international terrorism.
“You are hereby directed to call off your planned sit-at-homes by pronouncing through the same media outlets, you used for your illegal pronouncements, a reversal of your sit-at-home orders.
“Mr. Simon Ikpa, you have 48 hours to reverse course or you will be arrested and charged with international terrorism.
“I have directed my Attorney General, Raija Toiviainen, to ensure that my directive is immediately carried out.”
The statement
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