The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has vowed to arrest and prosecute Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), News About Nigeria reports.
He stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television, stating that the Finnish government is shielding Ekpa.
He noted that Simon Ekpa has the confidence to remain in Finland and cause chaos in the southeastern part of Nigeria because he has the support of the Finnish Government.
“We have repeatedly complained about the issue of Simon Ekpa. He is in Finland and the government is giving him all the support and he is doing what he is doing.
“The comments he is making, people are being killed and nothing is being done. This is democracy. If the European Union is supporting democracy and this is happening and they are not taking action, then they don’t mean well for Nigeria.
“We have said that in clear terms. We need to diplomatically find means of getting him out of whatever it is that he is doing. He must be arrested, and he must be prosecuted.
“Look at it from the other way, assuming he is in Nigeria, he is doing that to the Finnish government, you think the European Union will allow that to happen? They definitely will not,” he stated.
He therefore called on the Nigerian government to take decisive action, including exploring diplomatic options, to bring the menace of the factional leader of the IPOB to an end.
