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Tsiga for 49 days despite ransom — ReportNigerian security agencies, govt deliberately attacked, brutalized over 149 journalists in one last year — ReportNatasha files petition to disbar senate ethics committee chairmanBREAKING: Labour Threatens Action If Rivers Emergency Rule Is Not ReversedSoldiers feared dead as Boko Haram raids two military formations in BornoDangote Refinery Ships Jet Fuel To US Amid Petrol Trade Crisis In Nigeria — ReportJudge steps down from Natasha’s case after Akpabio’s petitionVarsity suspends Nigerian governor’s security adviser for cultismEFCC nabs over 100 suspects in Abuja Ponzi Scheme Academy raid3 killed in Plateau community attackRivers head of service resigns as sole administrator appoints new SSGDAILIES TOP STORIES: Nigerians spend N509b on electricity in three months amid poor performance Overstaying visa could lead to permanent ban, US warns NigeriansNAFDAC warns of fake contraceptive injection in Kano, Bauchi, NigerOfficer killed as gunmen attack Enugu police stationUPDATE: Five inmates recaptured after Kogi prison breakThree police officers extort ₦150,000 from content creator4 bank staff arrested in ₦270m fraud, money laundering casePolice arrest two for killing motorcyclist in BauchiCatholic Diocese confirms abduction of priest in ImoNatasha Akpoti’s constituents submit petition to INEC for her recallObi slams disregard for S’Court judgment in Rivers fund allocationEXTRA: ‘I have no links to militants,’ says FubaraPolice arrest suspect over murder of POS operator in AdamawaCourt reinstates impeached South Korean PM as acting presidentBREAKING: Many inmates escape from Kogi prisonEnd Of The Road! Ajali, Dreaded Chief Priest of Orsu Mother Valley CapturedGunmen attack funeral ceremony in Njaba, kill 3, injure othersPolice kick as more disturbing revelations emerge on Tiger Base Police Unit (Part 2)900m Ransom: Four suspects nabbed, as operatives rescue Naval Officer, two others in Fulani resettlement campImo: Old Stadium hideout busted, as Police nab three kidnap suspects, others at largeAnambra: Joint security team rescues kidnapped priest after fierce shootoutRampage: Angry students vandalize properties of lawyer who killed school boy over footballBandits Kill Six Community Guards In ZamfaraNDLEA arrests Indian woman with ’72 parcels of heroin’ at Kano airportIG warns policemen against unlawful, prolonged detentionGov Fubara Makes First Public Appearance After His SuspensionPoliceman kills one, injures two in CalabarSERAP sues Tinubu over Fubara, deputy, lawmakers’ suspensionPope leaves hospital after five weeksCanada denies 13,000 Nigerians asylum — ReportDAILIES TOP STORIES: Coalition talks face hurdles as Atiku’s bid, zoning threaten negotiationsHerdsmen abduct Delta farmer, demand N40m ransomGunmen abduct DHQ official, two others in Abuja, demand N100m ransomHigh Court Grants Recall Process Of Senator NatashaFAAC: FG, states, LGs share N1.678trn for FebruaryRivers: Suspension of Fubara, lawmakers dents Nigeria’s image — JonathanGunmen kill 44 civilians in Niger RepublicRivers Sole Administrator Confirms Release Of Withheld AllocationsEgbetokun deploys additional police officers to RiversNAFDAC destroys N1tn fake drugs, others in AnambraNigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s website restored after CrimeFacts report one month agoSCAM ALERT: NNPCL warns against fake recruitment advertsS’Court reinstates Anyanwu as PDP National SecretaryFresh trial begins as Nnamdi Kanu gets new lawyerEx-Gov Kalu fails to stop FG from appealing judgment over alleged N7.1bn fraud2024 deadliest year for migrants – UNNetumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sworn in as Nambia’s first female presidentHURIDE/CD Ask Soludo To Grant Amnesty To Detained Anambra Native DoctorsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Anger as NASS approves emergency rule with voice voteNAFDAC warns against falsified oxycontin with high overdose riskUS-based Nigerian woman faces 10-year jail for $40,980 fraudIbas assumes office, warns against sabotage, disorderEFCC disobeys court, rearrest suspect after N50m bail was granted to himMany Killed as bandits attack Benue communities againIbadan Stampede: Court Dismisses Case Against Naomi, OthersNAFDAC seizes 120 bags of counterfeit rice in RiversCustoms officer humiliates journalist, threatens to detain him in KebbiEXTRA: NYSC: Corps members will start receiving N77k this monthAbuja truck explosion death toll rises to 8
Thu. Mar 27th, 2025 3:09:36 AM

Quick Check: Simon Ekpa has not yet been released

By Pascal Ibe

Claim

An X user, @Alexigwe15, shared a screenshot of the publication showing that the factional leader of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, has been released.

Other X users shared this similar claim here here and here.

Findings

According to an exclusive report by Punch Newspaper on November 28, the Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, confirmed via email on Tuesday to Punch that the district court had set May 2025 as the deadline for prosecutors to present possible charges against Ekpa.

Detective Laaksonen noted that the investigation was ongoing, and no further details could be disclosed.

Asked when Ekpa’s case would come up in court, he replied, “Due to the ongoing investigation, no further details can be disclosed.

“The date for bringing up possible charges by the prosecution was set by the district court to May 2025.”

He noted that Ekpa and the Finnish authorities may request a re-evaluation after two weeks.

“In a basic situation regarding the remand, the next possible hearing can be held no earlier than two weeks from the previous hearing, should the parties in question seek for the matter to be re-evaluated by the district court,” Laaksonen explained.

Check this similar story here and here.

Checks on the X profile of Mr Ekpa, showed that he made his last post on 18 November 2024.

Verdict

This claim is FALSE.

    • Pascal Arogorn Ibe

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