{"id":175486,"date":"2025-08-21T22:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:39:36","slug":"cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa","title":{"rendered":"CDS Gen Musa gives update on Simon Ekpa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Finland, Simon Ekpa, is currently undergoing prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Musa made the disclosure on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ekpa\u2019s arrest has contributed to improved security in the South East region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is currently undergoing prosecution. So we\u2019re hopeful,\u201d he said, suggesting Ekpa might be repatriated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we talked about him, people felt we were just making noise, but since he had been arrested, South East is getting better,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Musa emphasised that the military and security agencies remain committed to pursuing those instigating violence across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe likes of him, we are going to go after them, wherever they are and whatever it takes we will bring them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Defence Chief also described the recent clampdown on Ansaru terrorists as a \u201cgood win\u201d for the country, assuring that efforts are ongoing to neutralise other violent groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Finland, Simon Ekpa, is currently undergoing prosecution. Musa made the disclosure on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today. According to him, Ekpa\u2019s arrest has contributed to improved security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18511,254,5186],"class_list":["post-175486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-cds-gen-musa","tag-nigeria","tag-simon-ekpa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CDS Gen Musa gives update on Simon Ekpa - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPO ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDS Gen Musa gives update on Simon Ekpa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPO ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T21:57:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T23:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807130.756469.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CDS Gen Musa gives update on Simon Ekpa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T21:57:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T23:39:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807130.756469.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CDS Gen Musa\",\"Nigeria\",\"Simon Ekpa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cds-gen-musa-gives-update-on-simon-ekpa\",\"name\":\"CDS Gen Musa gives update on Simon Ekpa - 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