Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, has died in an auto crash.
He died in a road accident along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kogi state, and his son died on the spot of the accident.
Those familiar with the incident said his driver and wife were in critical condition at Doka clinic several kilometres from Kaduna.
A witness, whose car was behind the minister’s when the accident occurred disclosed that the minister’s car had a burst tyre before somersaulting several times.
The ill-fated car in which the minister was traveling on Sunday | (Inset) Late Ocholi
The Nigerian government is yet to officially confirm the incident.
But a spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari said the presidency had been briefed of the tragedy.
“We are trying to issue a statement on the matter,” the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said.
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