The Finnish Central Criminal Police has confirmed that it has released pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, after questioning for hours.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) apologist accused of inciting unknown persons to violence in the south-eastern flank of the country was arrested on Thursday.
The police on Thursday claimed Ekpa’s arrest was in connection with the ongoing preliminary investigation.
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“The person being questioned today is suspected of a crime. We will return to the title on Friday,” Tommi Reen from the Central Criminal Police told HS during a phone interview.
Simon Ekpa had been arrested by the police in his residence in the Lahti area of the country, a Finnish paper Helsingin Sanomat reported Thursday.
The separatist has repeatedly declared that there will be no elections in the South-East region of the country and insisted on the observance of a sit-at-home every Monday in the area to protest the detention of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB has disowned the Finland-based Ekpa.