Renowned activist, Abiodun Aremu killed by hit-and-run driver

—Aremu to beryllium buried October 23

By Victor Ahiuma-Young

The household of the precocious foremost activist, Abiodun Aremu, has agreed with the Labour Movement to displacement his burial to October 23 to alteration the question springiness him a befitting farewell.

Aremu, who died connected Sunday, October 12, was initially scheduled to beryllium buried connected Monday, October 13.
The renowned activistic and Secretary of the Joint Action Front, JAF,— the umbrella assemblage for pro-labour civilian nine organisations — aged 65, was reportedly knocked down by a conveyance portion crossing the roadworthy to his residence successful Ota, Ogun State, astir 6 p.m. connected Sunday.

He was said to person been rushed to a adjacent hospital, wherever doctors tried to resuscitate him with oxygen, but helium was aboriginal confirmed dead.

In a connection issued connected behalf of the Nigeria Labour Movement, the erstwhile 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 household has agreed with the Labour Movement that the interment of our leader, Comrade Abiodun ‘Aremson’ Aremu, beryllium moved by astir 2 weeks. This is to let for due mobilisation and attendance.“Consequently, Comrade Aremu volition present beryllium interred connected Thursday, 23rd October 2025, astatine Number 30, Kabiru Fatoye Street, Opposite Alaka Field, Ijako Sugar Bus Stop, Ifo Road, Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway.”

He added: “Our hearts are with the beloved household of our departed Comrade.”

Earlier, Lakemfa had described Aremu successful a connection arsenic “one of the top revolutionaries and internationalists of our time.”

He said: “Comrade Abiodun ‘Aremson’ Aremu joined the pantheon of revolutionaries connected Sunday, October 12, 2025. He was an inimitable person of the moving people successful Nigeria who developed enduring structures for collaboration and maturation wrong the labour movement, including the Labour–Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, and the Kolagbodi Memorial Foundation.

“The Comrade-Leader besides built the Amilcar Cabral Ideological School ,ACIS-M, to conscientise the youth, supply them with praxis, and nurture their improvement into afloat revolutionaries susceptible of changing the world.

“Aremu besides served arsenic 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 authorities to outstanding internationalists.

“The top honour we tin springiness our fearless teacher and person is to proceed successful his footsteps and physique a satellite founded connected societal justice.”

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