Claim: Ahmed Isah, founder of Human Rights Radio, was arrested and detained.
Source: Social media
Verdict: False
Researched by Hamza Ibrahim
Viral posts on social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp and X, claim Founder and President of Nigeria’s first-ever Human Rights Radio/TV and Brekete Family Radio/TV, Ahmed Isah, has disappeared.
According to the reports in April 2025, the popular Nigerian human rights activist was arrested and detained, while others suggested he had died.
A Facebook user shared a picture of Ahmed Isah with the caption: “The Unexplainable arrest of Ahmed Isah (Ordinary President) of Brekete Family is so shameful.. Our justice system is failing…Nigeria is gradually getting grounded…Nigeria is failing…I weep for my country…”
This fact-check report seeks to verify the accuracy of the claim.
Fact-Check
Checks by FactSpace Nigeria established that Ahmed Isah is neither arrested nor detained, indicating the viral post is false.
In an audio published on Brekete Family on X, Ahmed Isah could be is heard saying: “Today, Wednesday, April 30, I, the Ordinary President, I am talking to the world, first of all I would like to tell people who felt genuinely concerned that I am in detention or even dead.
“It started with the news that I was detained, arrested and eventually died, I have even seen my obituary, for those who are happy that I died, don’t rush, I will not be alive forever, I may soon die, the only thing is that nobody can kill me before my time. As I speak to you now, I am not in any detention or arrested, and this is my real voice, not AI
Verdict
Therefore, the viral posts claiming the popular human rights activist, Ahmed Isah, has been arrested, detained and dead are false.
