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Latest News: Labour minister, James Ocholi, wife, son die in auto accident -( PHOTOS)

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Report reaching DAILY POST has it that Hon. James Ocholi SAN, the Minister of State for Labour just had a fatal accident about 40 kilometres away from Kaduna, on his way to Abuja.

According to the report, Ocholi reportedly died on the spot.

The accident claimed Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kogi State, and his son.

Those familiar with the ugly incident said his wife just passed on at Doka Hospital after sustaining head injury from the fatal accident.

It was gathered that the accident occurred after the minister’s car had a burst tyre before somersaulting several times.

Confirming the development via his official Facebook page, the Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir El –Rufai described the incident as a ‘sad development.’

He said, “It is with great sadness that the Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Human Services further announces the death of Mrs. Ocholi at Doka Hospital, who was in coma since the accident near Rijana, along the Kaduna-Abuja Road. Earlier, the death of Minister Ocholi and his son were announced. May their souls rest in perfect peace, Amen.”

Meanwhile, the driver is said to be in critical condition at Doka clinic, several kilometres from Kaduna.

However, his wife also died at Doka Government Hospital in Kaduna hours later.

The Kaduna State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Francis Udoma, explained that the accident occurred when the rear tyre of the Sports Utility Vehicle conveying them burst and the vehicle summersaulted several times.

Udoma said, “The rear tyre bursted and the vehicle, summersaulted. The minister and his son died on the spot, the wife died in the government hospital in Doka, Kaduna.

“The driver, the chief detail, the orderly and the Personal Assistant were injured.”
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