Claim that Finland is planning to extradite Nigerian separatist leader in July 2025 is false

Since his arrest, there have been no credible reports on any diplomatic arrangement for Ekpa’s expatriation from Finland to Nigeria.In an email response to AFP Fact Check, Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) senior detective Mikko Laaksonen, said Finnish police are “not aware of any extradition decision. Gummerus also responded to the claim in an email on April 28, 2025, dismissing it as fake news.Two spokespersons from the Nigerian justice ministry — Modupe Ogundoro and Kamarudeen Ogundele — both denied knowledge of Ekpa’s extradition plans in separate phone conversations with AFP Fact Check.