Buhari mourns as FRSC narates how Ocholi died

President Mohammadu Buhari, Sunday, condoled the family of late Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi, just as the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has shed light on how the minister, his wife and eldest son died.

The minister, according to reports, died 57kilometres from Kaduna, alongside his eldest son, while his wife died later at Doka Government Hospital in Kaduna.

Shedding light on the accident, the Kaduna State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Francis Udoma, said the accident occurred when the rear tyre of the Sports Utility
Vehicle conveying them burst, with the vehicle summersaulting 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.”

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sadness at
the death of the minister.

Read also: Minister for Labour, Ocholi is dead (Photos)

The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, described the minister’s death as untimely and regretted that Nigeria had lost a key component of the change agenda.

“Barrister Ocholi was an accomplished and patriotic Nigerian, who was keen to accept the call to service at a time his country needed him,” Buhari said.

According to President Buhari, in the few months he had been in office, the late
minister of state had already begun to distinguish himself through his commitment and dedication to his portfolio.

The President further condoled with the government and people of Kogi State, saying the state lost a distinguished and irreplaceable
son. He also prayed that God would comfort them and grant them the grace to bear the loss.

“The entire country mourns the loss of this great man, who has sadly left us when we need him most,” he said.

The President also has sent the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Mr. David Babachir, to formally inform members of the late minister’s family and his place of worship of his death.

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