Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), and his son are dead following a car crash along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon, THEWILL can report.
They both died at the scene of the crash, while his driver and the wife of the deceased lawyer are in critical condition in a hospital.
Eye witness said the minister’s car had a burst tyre after which it somersaulted several times.
However, a spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, said the presidency has been briefed.
Ocholi was a representative of Kogi State in the federal cabinet.