24
Feb
A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Simon Ekpa has allegedly used social media to incite violence. He leads a faction within the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), which is fighting for a breakaway state in south-eastern Nigeria. The area has seen deadly attacks on candidates in Saturday’s election, which he has urged people to boycott. Mr Ekpa, a Finnish citizen of Nigerian origin, denies any links to the killings and violence in the region, saying they were carried out by the Nigerian government. He has since…