Ex-NLC leader, Oyekan Arije is dead
A former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Oyekan Arije, has died at the age of 87. Activist lawyer, Femi Aborisade, disclosed this in a statement released on behalf of the family on Wednesday. According to him, Arije died in the early hours of Tuesday. DAILY POST reports that Arije had been active in the labour […] Ex-NLC leader, Oyekan Arije is dead
Oyekan Arije, a former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, has passed away at the age of 87. The announcement of his death was made by activist lawyer, Femi Aborisade, on behalf of the family. According to Aborisade, Arije breathed his last in the early hours of Tuesday, 18 August 2026. The Labour Movement had been Arije's domain since the 1960s, with his tenure as Chairman of NLC spanning from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
Aborisade expressed profound sadness over the loss, noting that Arije was a leading Labour Leader and Socialist, committed to fighting for justice and freedom for the working class and the downtrodden.
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