Minister for Labour, Ocholi is dead (Photos)

The minister of State for Labour, Mr James Ocholi, and his son died in a motor accident on Sunday, while his wife is in a coma.

They were involved in a ghastly car crash along the Abuja–Kaduna road along with two other people.

Source said the accident involved his Prado SUV  and another Lexus SUV. There is no information yet as to what happened to the passengers in the other vehicle.

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Ocholi is from Dekina local Government area of Kogi state.

His death was confirmed on the twitter handle of the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad.

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