# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-ekpa
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:11:44.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-ekpa"
name: "Simon Ekpa"
slug: "simon-ekpa"
description: "Simon Njoku Ekpa is a Finnish politician and Biafran political activist. In 2022, while in Finland, he declared the activation of the Biafra Government In Exile (BGIE), and in 2023 declared himself the leader of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE). In September 2025, he was sentenced to six years in prison on terrorism-related charges."
tagline: "Nigerian-Finnish businessman and political activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Ekpa_portrait%2C_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1985-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.32
  momentum:             16.61748633879781
  historical:           5.771601333333334
  currentAttention:     88.03418803418803
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/simon_ekpa"
    handle:    "simon_ekpa"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ekpa"
    title: "Simon Ekpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116290465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump