Finnish police released Simon Ekpa, After being questioned.

A self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu and leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has been released by the police in Finland.

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Business  Hallmark had reported that Ekpa was arrested by police at his residence in Lahti, Finland, on Thursday.

He was picked up by the police just before he was to grant a newspaper interview, a Finland-based newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat (HS), reported.

The platform also published a picture showing Ekpa being escorted by police officers to his residence.

Hours later, HS reported that the Finland-based Biafra agitator had been released by the police after hours of questioning.

Although Tommi Reen, an officer with the Central Criminal Police, did not state the identity of the suspect in custody, he confirmed the raid to HS.

Reen, however, said the suspect was released after a few hours of questioning, adding that the investigation is ongoing.

“The person being questioned today is suspected of a crime.” “We will return to the title on Friday,” Reen was quoted as saying.

Ekpa recently declared that there will be no elections in Nigeria’s south-east zone.

Aside from the threat of elections, the Nigerian-based in Finland insisted that people in the south-east region “sit-at-home” every Monday to protest Kanu’s detention.

The sit-at-home directive has been reportedly linked to killings in the South.
However, the leadership of IPOB, through its spokesperson, Emmanuel Powerful, had distanced the group from the sit-at-home order issued by Ekpa.