Dare Babalola
Joint Action Front Secretary and veteran labour activist, Comrade Abiodun “Aremson” Aremu, is dead.
He reportedly died on Sunday after being hit by a vehicle in a suspected hit-and-run incident near his home in Ota, Ogun State.
According to social critic and rights activist, Debo Adeniran, who confirmed the incident in a Facebook, the accident occurred on Sunday evening while Aremson was returning home.
In a terse statement, Adeniran wrote, “Abiodu Aremu, Aremson, is dead. Knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle. So sad.”
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Aremu was a well-known Marxist organiser, socialist thinker and one of Nigeria’s most consistent voices in the struggle for social justice, workers’ rights and national liberation.
He was the Secretary of the Joint Action Front (JAF), a coalition of pro-labour civil society groups, and a leading figure in the Amílcar Cabral Ideological School Movement (ACIS-M).
He had been at the forefront of several nationwide protests against fuel price hikes, corruption and anti-people policies.
His death has sparked an outpouring of grief across the Nigerian labour and civil society community.
Aremu was also a staunch Pan-Africanist and a supporter of the Cuban Revolution. He frequently drew inspiration from revolutionaries like Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Amílcar Cabral, whose ideological convictions shaped his lifelong commitment to people-centred governance and anti-imperialist struggle.
His death marks a profound loss to Nigeria’s progressive movement, where he was regarded as a pillar of ideological consistency, discipline and courage.
Tributes continue to pour in from activists, academics and labour leaders across the country, all describing him as a selfless fighter who lived and died for the cause of the working people.
