The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has clarified that the Federal Government has initiated extradition proceedings against Simon Ekpa, an associate of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Fagbemi stated that Nigeria is collaborating with Finnish authorities to extradite Ekpa so he can be prosecuted in Nigeria for alleged offenses against national security and the country’s sovereignty.
The AGF made these remarks in Abuja on Thursday during the Federal Ministry of Justice’s quarterly stakeholders and citizens engagement program.
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He expressed optimism that Nigeria’s collaboration and cooperation with the international community would ensure that criminals have no safe place to hide.
Fagbemi reported that his ministry successfully extradited two fugitives – Hassan Bun Hussein Abolore Lawal in January 2025 and Okechukwu Josiah Odunna in March 2025 – to the United States of America.
He also noted Nigeria’s cooperation with Qatari authorities for the extradition of Benjamin Nnanyereugo, also known as Killaboi, from Qatar to Nigeria in April 2025 to face murder charges for the unlawful killing of his girlfriend, Augusta.
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