A Finnish district court has set May 2025 for the prosecution to submit charges against Simon Ekpa.
Law authorities in the northern European nation apprehended the pro-Biafra activist last Thursday.
The district court in Päijät-Häme subsequently sentenced him to prison for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media”.
Ekpa was accused of committing the crime in 2021 in Lahti municipality.
He is accused of instigating violence and inciting terror in the south-east of Nigeria through his social media pages.
Nigerian authorities have been demanding the extradition of Ekpa, a dual citizen of Finland and Nigeria, for prosecution.
In an email to Punch, Mikko Laaksonen, senior detective superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), stated that enquiries into Ekpa’s conduct are ongoing.
Laaksonen stated that the next hearing on the remand could be held within the next two weeks if Finnish authorities or Ekpa request a re-evaluation from the court.
“Due to the ongoing investigation, no further details can be disclosed,” the superintendent said.
“The date for bringing up possible charges by the prosecution was set by the district court to May 2025.
“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.”