Biafra: You haven’t said anything on Simon Ekpa’s conviction, Reno Omokri slams Peter Obi

Former presidential aide and author, Reno Omokri, has criticised the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for keeping silent on the conviction of Biafran separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, in Finland.

In a post on his verified X account on Tuesday, Omokri contrasted Obi’s silence with his previous call for the arrest and prosecution of musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall after the ValueJet incident. 

He accused Obi of double standards in his response to justice issues.

He wrote, “24 hours later, Peter Obi has still not said anything about Simon Ekpa’s arrest, trial, or conviction. This is the same man who called for the arrest, trial, and imprisonment of King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, AKA K1 De Ultimate, after the ValueJet incident. 

“That is Peter Obi’s justice: Arrest a musician from the Southwest, protect a terrorist from the Southeast!”

Tribune Online reports that Ekpa, a Biafran political activist and long-term resident of Finland, was on Monday sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by a Finnish District Court on terrorism charges. 

The court found him guilty of participating in a terrorist organisation and publicly inciting crimes for terrorist purposes.

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The judgement detailed how Ekpa, through his large social media following, fuelled violent agitation for Biafra’s independence between August 2021 and November 2024. 

He was found to have supplied armed groups with weapons, explosives, and ammunition while encouraging his followers in Nigeria to commit crimes.

Ekpa, who denied the charges, moved to Finland in 2007 and once served as a local councillor in Lahti. 

His assets, along with those of his associates and affiliated companies, were previously frozen by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation.

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