Ruel Ishaku (born 11 January 1967) is a Nigerian Paralympic gold medal-winning powerlifter.

He was elected President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation from 2020 till 2022 replacing the past leader Uboh Idris.

[1][2] Ishaku was first elected as the representative of the board of the Paralympic association after defeating Tajudeen Agunbiade, a table tennis player by 27 votes.

So when I heard about that powerlifting could be a sport for the disabled in 1991, I decided to have a try.Ishaku made his debut at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

It was the only weightlifting event that Nigeria was allowed to enter as the nation was banned from able-bodied lifting when three of its lifters infringed anti-doping rules.