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Self-appointed Prime Minister of the United States of Biafra Republic in Exile, Mr Simon Ekpa, drew attention to himself through his online activities, especially on X (formerly Twitter).

Here, we chronicle some of his remarks that may have drawn the attention of security forces in Finland and Nigeria.

On the 30th of July 2024, Simon Ekpa took to twitter to claim responsibility for the murder of four policemen in the southeast. This was reported by several media outlets, including Premium Times, Daily Trust,

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/718622-simon-ekpa-claims-responsibility-for-killing-of-four-police-operatives-in-nigerias-south-east.html?tztc=1

https://dailytrust.com/simon-ekpa-takes-responsibility-for-killing-4-police-operatives-in-imo/

https://www.nairaland.com/8170231/simon-ekpa-claims-responsibility-killing

On the 13th of November, 2024 just before he was arrested, he shared the following post on twitter:

The Biafra Defence Forces are neutralising the terrorists @HQNigerianArmy as they come to kill Biafrans and enforce disappearance at their kidnapping checkpoint, they are now lying to their gullible supporters @MobilePunch help count the boots, tell them to withdraw all the remaining terrorists or they will all go down and at the end, those who survive will flee from Biafra territory. Stop lying to your readers, it is time we start to debunk your lies with evidence to show how evil the Nigeria media are. You can now report whatever you like but remember that Biafra has giving conditions.

We may start posting evidence of the delegitimisation of Nigeria by the Biafra Defence Forces.
Demands:
1. Withdrawal of all the Nigeria terrorists @HQNigerianArmy and their accomplices like @PolicNG and co.
2. Bring back all the Biafrans you kidnapped at various checkpoints and taken to Northern Nigeria.
3. Released Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and those you incarcerated in Abuja alongside Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
4. Every Nigeria institutions within Biafra territory should get ready close down. It will not happen in one day but just that you know.
5. Accept the Biafra Government Self-Referendum and open the door of negotiations for Biafra independence.
How many boots and generals did you see in the video?
4:01 PM · Nov 13, 2024

In the tweet, he shared videos of guns, and the uniforms along with nametags of soldiers that he claimed had been neutralized. He also shared several pictures of those he called Biafran soldiers and threatened that anyone entering their land would be neutralized.

What are the implications?

Simon Ekpa taking responsibility for the death of those 4 policemen may have been the final straw. Although the Finnish Police arrested him for alleged terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing in Nigeria, according to a report by Voice of America. His activities were traced to 2021 and called coordinated terrorists activities targeting civilians, especially his enforcement of sit-at-home. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights had stated in Article 9 that no one must be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Many countries frown against forced detention of civilians like the Monday sit at home of Simon Ekpa does.

The highlighted words are apt to elaborate upon. It is one of the charges Simon Ekpa was arrested for: terrorism financing. Simon Ekpa did not act alone. He had donors. The United States would be interested in those residing in their country who may have donated to Ekpa's terrorism activities. This also includes those who may have used the US financial systems to wire funds to Simon Ekpa. Like I shared yesterday, all the inflows and outflows in Simon Ekpa's accounts and Biafra accounts he controls will be monitored. The business activities of donors shall be investigated with the donors arrested and funds and assets may be seized, never to be recovered again. If you donated to Simon Ekpa, your accounts may be frozen and you may end up losing your assets and going to jail.

emkz:
It would be nice if they tell us how much and which assets.

It would also be nice for the assets to be repatriated to the families of those who died due to Simon Ekpa's murderous activities.

Here is how the investigation works in Europe. Once a person is a suspect, they start tapping his phones and monitoring everything he does, including social media posts. The fact that he "gets away" with things is a trick to make him think he is invisible. They'd also want to see his network so they can catch all of them at once.

The glaring evidence against him are his social media posts, where he was taking responsibility for murders in the southeast. Because he'd be taken for terrorism, those who donated are likely to be charged for terrorism financing if Finland is part of Interpol and has extradition treaties with countries where donors reside.

Right now, information is being shared. There'd be more arrests on a global scale.

Simon that has been busy playing contents with his people

Ojukwu, Ralph of Massob, Nnamdi Kanu and now Simon Ekpa. What do all those people have in common?

They are swindlers

He killed people.

He hated people.



Too bad.

Stupidity and foolishness brought him this far...

This man had no interest in the Biafra he preached, his actions were purely profit motivated. I pity the gullible Igbos donating endlessly.

EmptyGarden:
This man had no interest in the Biafra he preached, his actions were purely profit motivated. I pity the gullible Igbos donating endlessly.

Majority of Igbos are happy with his arrest.

CJStarz:
Majority of Igbos are happy with his arrest.

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Godwin4444:
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helinues:
Simon that has been busy playing contents with his people

Ojukwu, Ralph of Massob, Nnamdi Kanu and now Simon Ekpa. What do all those people have in common?

They are swindlers

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