Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the main Igbo socio-political group, has urged the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to guarantee that Simon Ekpa, the arrested factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is extradited to Nigeria.
The group wants the pro-Biafra activist deported to Nigeria to face terrorism and incitement to murder charges in the South-East.
From Finland, the Biafran agitator has instigated bloodshed in the country’s south-east. According to Newsmen, the Nigerian government called Finland’s Ambassador to Nigeria before to Ekpa’s detention, expressing severe worry over his threat to disrupt the elections.
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Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, urged the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday to ensure that the Biafra agitator is extradited to Nigeria.
He said: “If truly the Finnish authorities arrested Simon Ekpa over international terrorism, then they should extradite him back to Nigeria where his killer gang is killing a lot of people. A lot of killings have been associated with Simon Ekpa in the South East.
“It’s certain that Simon Ekpa is a global terrorist and should be made to face trial for his atrocities. I call on the Federal Government through the Attorney General, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [to] ensure that Ekpa is handed over to the Nigerian authority so he would answer for the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Igbos, and destruction of properties.
“It’s cheering news to the people of the South East and with the arrest of Ekpa, we expect that the violence and insecurity and the killer squad in the South East will no longer have a backbone.
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“They should confiscate Ekpa’s account for sponsoring terrorism in the South East. Igbos in Finland have done their best to ensure we nip in the bud [the] killings and violence caused by Ekpa. Ekpa must not be allowed to escape justice, the Finnish authority must not release him. The Federal Government, through the Attorney General, must not allow Ekpa to escape through the Finnish laws.”
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