Finland has frozen the assets of the self-acclaimed Biafran agitator Simon Ekpa, who s being prosecuted for alleged terrorism-related activities.
A local newspaper, Yle reported that Finnish government also froze the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand.
The newspaper said Ekpa is being held in the Kylmäkoski vankila, (Kylmäkoski prison), which is reputed to be one of the world’s toughest prisons.
The prison was established in January 1993 in the Kylmäkoski municipality.
A Päijät-Häme district court remanded Ekpa after the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested him alongside four other men over alleged terrorist offences.
Ekpa reportedly committed the crime in 2021 in Lahti municipality and is accused of instigating violence and inciting terror in the south-east of Nigeria through his social media pages.
There have been calls for the arrest of the separatist following his alleged involvement in the Sit-At-Home that has relatively crippled economic activities in the South East.
The authorities in Finland had stated that Ekpa’s offence is not bailable.
His trial is expected to begin in May 2025.
