The Finnish government has charged self-aclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, with terrorism offences ahead of his trial.
The deputy prosecutor general in Finland charged Mr Ekpa with public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent and participation in a terrorist group.
A Finnish news organisation Yle, reported that the charges were filed on Friday morning and that the case will be heard in the Päijät-Häme District Court in Lahti.
The prosecutor said the charges are linked to Mr Ekpa’s secessionist activities in Nigeria’s south-east, often referred to as “Biafra land.”
The Biafra agitator is suspected of spreading separatist propaganda from his home in Lahti.
The Finnish police have been investigating the case alongside the Nigerian government.
The Finnish police said Mr Ekpa “has contributed to violence and crimes against civilians in South-eastern Nigeria.”
The District Court of Päijät-Häme later ordered that the pro-Biafra agitator be imprisoned “with probable cause on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent.”
A Nigerian-Finnish citizen, Mr Ekpa heads Autopilot, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
