Nigeria, Sept. 2 -- The Nigerian government has hailed the sentencing of the controversial Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, to six years in prison by the Paijat-Hame District Court in Finland.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Paijat-Hame District Court in Finland sentenced Mr Ekpa to six years in prison after finding him guilty of terrorism-related charges.

The Finnish court also convicted Mr Ekpa of "aggravated tax fraud."

Reacting in a post on his X handle on Monday, Nigeria's Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, described Mr Ekpa's conviction as a "major victory" for the fight against terror.

"We welcome the news of Simon Ekpa's conviction by a Finnland court for terrorism-related crimes, and his sentencing ...