Ramzy Abu Ibrahim, a prominent leader of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, has been released from custody following his reported detention by Nigerian security agency in late August.
His release was confirmed on Thursday, October 2, 2025, by former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, via a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, where he shared pictures of Abu Ibrahim visiting his home.
“It was an honor and privilege to receive my brother Abu Ramzy Ibrahim in my home after his release from the security and intelligence agencies after spending one month in detention,” Fani-Kayode wrote.
Muslim News had earlier reported that Abu Ibrahim was allegedly picked up on Friday, August 28, by operatives of the anti-terrorism unit of the Nigerian Police at his residence in Abuja.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation from rights groups and religious organisations, who demanded his immediate and unconditional release, insisting that he had committed no known offence.
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It was an honor and privilege to receive my brother Abu Ramzy Ibrahim in my home after his release from the security and intelligence agencies after spending one month in detention.
I commend the relevant agency for the professionalism and courtesy extended to him during the… pic.twitter.com/wsPyRLoiru
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) October 2, 2025
It was an honor and privilege to receive my brother Abu Ramzy Ibrahim in my home after his release from the security and intelligence agencies after spending one month in detention.
I commend the relevant agency for the professionalism and courtesy extended to him during the course of their investigation and his detention and I thank them for not in any way violating his rights and for following the due process of law by releasing him at the appropriate time.
Though a Palestinian national by birth who has tragically lost over 33 members of his family in the course of the relentless and cruel carnage and genocide that has been unleashed on Gaza over the last two years, Abu is also Nigerian citizen and has lived here for 33 years. He even attended Obafemi Awolowo University where he obtained his first degree and he speaks both Hausa and Yoruba fluently.
He is the leader of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, a man of peace, an embodiment of loyalty, the epitomy of integrity, a formidable intellectual, an insightful and learned historian, a veteran of the Palestinian struggle and a powerful and irrepressible voice against the genocide, starvation, ethnic cleansing and mass murder that is being committed by the State of Israel in Gaza and the West Bank.
I thank God that our security and intelligence agencies are led by civilised, educated and humane men and women who refuse to bow to the whims and caprices of the Zionists and silence the pro-Palestinian voices in Nigeria.
We are a strong, sovereign and proud nation and Israel cannot and will not be allowed to silence or intimidate our citizens from speaking their minds or tell our Government what to do.
Abu’s ordeal and courage has inspired us all and we shall fight and speak for the rights of the people of Gaza and Palestine all the more.
God bless and be with you now and always my brother Abu and please continue to speak up for the helpless, the weak, the poor, the vulnerable and the voiceless and to lead the struggle for peace, love, humanity and justice in Palestine and indeed throughout the world.
You have paid your dues to humanity, paid the price that all heroes must pay, been put through the furnace of tribulation and affliction and have come out shining and with flying colors.
We are indeed very proud of you!
(FFK)
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