The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has accused the Finnish government and the European Union of shielding Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Speaking on Channels TV on Wednesday, June 12, Musa questioned the European Union’s commitment to democracy in Nigeria, given their inaction concerning calls for Ekpa’s extradition to Nigeria for prosecution.
“We have repeatedly complained about the issue of Simon Ekpa. He is in Finland and the Finnish 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,” Musa stated.
He emphasized the need for diplomatic measures to bring Ekpa to justice. “We need to diplomatically find means of getting him out of whatever it is that he is doing. He must be arrested, he must be prosecuted,” Musa asserted.
Drawing a parallel, he added, “Assuming he is in Nigeria and he is doing that to the Finnish government, do you think the European Union will allow that to happen? They definitely will not.”