Sit-At-Home: Simon Ekpa must be extradited, prosecuted, says Imo governor

The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma on Friday called for the extradition of Finland-based separatist Simon Ekpa over the illegal Monday sit-at-home order

Uzodinma equally stressed the need to restore peace and put an end to insurgency in the South-East.

The Imo governor's call is coming a day after the Senate condemned the order under the enforcement of a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), appealing to the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government to extradite Ekpa to Nigeria for prosecution.

The governor spoke during a familiarization visit from the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Enugu, Major General Hassan Dada, at the Government House in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

According to the governor, "What is topmost in our cases is this popular sit-at-home order. There’s one man called Simon Ekpa somewhere in Finland.

“It is our hope that the security agencies, particularly the military, working with the Federal Government, will be able to either bring Simon Ekpa back to Nigeria to also sit at home with us or be made to face the wrath of the law”.

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