Finnish police have released Mr. Simon Ekpa, the factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB).
Ekpa was released hours after he was arrested and grilled by the Finish police.
The Finnish authorities had arrested Ekpa and he was escorted by the police out of his apartment in Lahti on Thursday.
Ekpa was later released on Thursday evening after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime in Finland.
The Finnish Central Criminal Police confirmed Ekpa’s release on Thursday, according to HS reports.
The police claimed that its operation in Lahti and the subsequent arrest of the pro-Biafra agitator were in connection with the ongoing preliminary investigation.
In a phone interview, Tommi Reen from the Central Criminal Police told HS that, “The person being questioned today is suspected of a crime. We will return to the title on Friday.”
Ekpa is believed to be the brain behind the sit-at-home order in the South-East.
Ekpa, is a former spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the Biafra separatist group which has repeatedly ordered the people of the South-East to observe a sit-at-home.
IPOB also threatened people to boycott the country’s general elections, which is slated for Saturday.
