BREAKING: Simon Ekpa sentenced to six years for terrorism

Finland sentences Simon Ekpa, IPOB-GIE leader, to six years in prison for terrorism offences, including involvement in a terrorist organisation.

A District Court in Finland has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Government in Exile (IPOB-GIE), for offences linked to terrorism.

According to reports by Yle, a Finnish news outlet, the court determined that Ekpa was actively involved in a terrorist organisation.

Furthermore, he was found guilty of publicly inciting criminal acts with the intention of promoting terrorist objectives.

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