- Safiu Kehinde
The family of the late Nigerian activist, Comrade Abiodun Aremu, has announced his burial plan.
NPO Reported the passing of the late activist popularly known as Areemson who died on the 12th October after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver.
His death had sparked shock across labour movements as tribute flows in honour off the late activist.
In a joint statement issued on Monday by the burial committee on family of the deceased and group of associates, the late labour and civil society activists is to be buried on Thursday October 23, 2025 at his residence near Ijako Sugar bus stop, Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Ogun State.
The burial Committee in rhe statement said the funeral rites for the departed activist renowned for leading rallies and street protests would be in three parts.
The first is an afternoon of tributes with the theme: Celebrating the Life of a Steadfast People’s Revolutionary taking place from 12pm to 4pm on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at the NURSES HOUSE (National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives Lagos State Secretariat), 19 Amaraolu Street, near Pearlworth Hotel, close to the New African Shrine, by Hakeem Balogun, off Agidingbi Road, CBD I.
The tributes session would be chaired by Comrade Femi Falana (SAN) who also heads the burial Committee.
Representatives of mass organisations including labour, trade unions, pro-democracy groups, human rights bodies and the Cuban Embassy, among others, are expected to speak during the afternoon of tributes.
Later on Wednesday night, comrades and associates of Comrade Areemson would converge at his residence for a candle lit procession and vigil.
On Thursday October 23rd, Comrade Areemson’s body would lie in state at his residence from 7am to 10am following which there will be a two-hour session of funeral orations and family tributes. Thereafter his remains will be interred.
Comrade Abiodun Aremu was born in 1960 and died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run incident in Ota area of Ogun State.
His associates have called for investigations into the circumstances of his death.
A former students’ union leader at the Kwara Polytechnic, Comrade Areemson was General Secretary of Joint Action Front ((JAF) and a former secretary of the Labour and Civil Socuety Coalition (LASCO).