Monday, October 13, 2025 - Veteran labour activist, Comrade Abiodun Aremu, 65, has been k!lled in a hit-and-run in Ota, Ogun State.
The renowned activist and Secretary of the Joint Action
Front, JAF — the umbrella body for pro-labour civil society organizations — was
reportedly knocked down by a vehicle while crossing the road to his residence
in Ota, Ogun State, around 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 12.
He was said to have been rushed to a nearby hospital, where
doctors tried to resuscitate him with oxygen, but he was later confirmed
de@d.
Aremu was initially scheduled to be buried on Monday,
October 13
However, the family of the late foremost activist, Abiodun
Aremu, has agreed with the Labour Movement to shift his burial to October 23 to
enable the movement give him a befitting farewell.
In a statement issued on behalf of the Nigeria Labour
Movement, the former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Trade
Union Unity ,OATUU, and ex-Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour
Congress, NLC, Owei Lakemfa, said: “The Aremu family has agreed with the Labour
Movement that the interment of our leader, Comrade Abiodun ‘Aremson’ Aremu, be
moved by about two weeks. This is to allow for proper mobilisation and
attendance.
“Consequently, Comrade Aremu will now be interred on Thursday, 23rd October
2025, at Number 30, Kabiru Fatoye Street, Opposite Alaka Field, Ijako Sugar Bus
Stop, Ifo Road, Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway.”
He added: “Our hearts are with the dear family of our
departed Comrade.”
Earlier, Lakemfa had described Aremu in a statement as “one
of the greatest revolutionaries and internationalists of our time.”
He said: “Comrade Abiodun ‘Aremson’ Aremu joined the
pantheon of revolutionaries on Sunday, October 12, 2025. He was an inimitable
leader of the working class in Nigeria who developed enduring structures for
collaboration and growth within the labour movement, including the Labour–Civil
Society Coalition, LASCO, and the Kolagbodi Memorial Foundation.
“The Comrade-Leader also built the Amilcar Cabral
Ideological School, ACIS-M, to conscientize the youth, provide them with
praxis, and nurture their development into full revolutionaries capable of
changing the world
“Aremu also served as Secretary of the Nigeria Movement for
the Liberation of Western Sahara and the Nigerian Movement of Solidarity with
Cuba.
“He was a recipient of the Friendship Medal awarded by the
Cuban government to outstanding internationalists.
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