Senior leaders of Islamic militant group, Hamas have been spotted in Nigeria.
Ghazi Hamad, former chairman of the border crossings authority in the Gaza Strip and Deputy Foreign Minister in the 2012 Hamas government is currently in Abuja with some officials and he even had an interview with a Nigerian television channel.
According to the New York Times, Hamad left Gaza for Lebanon weeks before the Hamas October 7, 2023 attack upon Israel that triggered the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.