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By Igbotako Nowinta
We mourn a comrade who stood firm in the struggle for democracy, justice, and human rights — a believer in a freer, fairer Nigeria, and a world where dignity is not a privilege but a birthright. He was not a man of fear. He spoke when silence was safer. He stood when others chose comfort. He gave his time, his strength, and ultimately his life to the cause of the people. In a society that often punishes courage, he dared to hope — and to act upon that hope.
Between 1995 and 1999, l was Chairman, Committee for Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), Edo State, Nigeria, where l closely watched the revolutionary activities of Comrade Aremson.
Comrade Aremson went on from that time, to distinguish himself as a colossal tool in the struggle to liberate the mass of our people from solitudes and shackles.
I hereby join others, as we mourn with heavy hearts and unbroken spirits.
We mourn a comrade who stood firm in the struggle for democracy, justice, and human rights — a believer in a freer, fairer Nigeria, and a world where dignity is not a privilege but a birthright.
He was not a man of fear.
He spoke when silence was safer.
He stood when others chose comfort.
He gave his time, his strength, and ultimately his life to the cause of the people.
In a society that often punishes courage, he dared to hope — and to act upon that hope.
His death, sudden and cruel, came upon the roads that have carried the weight of our nation’s hardship and hope.
A hit and run took his body, but not his legacy.
Because those who believe they can end conviction with collisions, or extinguish a cause by ending a life, do not understand the power of an awakened people.
We do not mourn him in defeat — we honor him in defiance. Each time we speak truth, each time we stand against injustice, each time we defend the voiceless, we lift his banner once more.
He lives on in our chants, in our courage, in our collective insistence that Nigeria must rise above fear, silence, and oppression.
Let his passing renew our commitment.
Let our grief become strength.
Let our pain become purpose.
For every comrade taken too soon, may a hundred voices rise in their place — stronger, louder, and more determined than before.
Comrade, your earthly journey has ended, but your struggle continues through us.
Your name will not fade.
Your dream will not die.
From your sacrifice, we draw the fire to keep fighting, to keep believing, to keep building the just and democratic world you envisioned.
Rest in power, our comrade.
Long live the struggle for democracy and human rights.
Long live the spirit of the fallen.
Long live the people’s movement.
Igbotako Nowinta, University of Delta, Agbor, Nigeria
