The National Bureau of Investigation requests that Simon Ekpa, IPOB leader in Finland be remanded on suspicion of “public exhortation to an offence, committed with a terrorist intent,” and four others on suspicion of financing a terrorist offence.
The requests for remand are considered by the Päijät-Häme District Court on Tuesday.
The requests for remand are related to a criminal investigation in which a dual citizen of Finland and Nigeria born in the 1980s is suspected of public exhortation to an offence, committed with a terrorist intent.
The police suspected that the man has furthered his efforts from Finland in such a way that has resulted in violence against civilians and public authorities and in other crimes in South-East Nigeria.
He has carried out this activity by campaigning, for example, on his social media channels, sayid Head of Investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Otto Hiltunen of the National Bureau of Investigation.
The other four individuals are suspected of financing said activity. All the five suspects have been apprehended early this week.
The police have carried out international cooperation during the criminal investigation.
