Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- The Paijat-Hame District Court in Finland, on Monday, sentenced controversial Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related charges.

The court ruled that Mr Ekpa had participated in a terrorist organisation and had publicly incited crimes for terrorist purposes, Yle, a Finnish newspaper, reported on Monday.

Delivering judgment, the court held that Mr Ekpa had used his significant social media following to stoke tensions in the "Biafra region" between August 2021 and November 2024.

Biafra is a name often used by Mr Ekpa and other separatist groups in Nigeria to refer to Nigeria's South-east and some parts of the country's South-south.

The Finnish court also ruled t...