How Ocholi, Wife and Son Died in Gory Auto Crash

More explanation has emerged as to how the Minister of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi, his wife and son died in a fatal motor accident.

Minister of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi

 

On Sunday, a tragic incident took the lives of the Minster of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son in a fatal auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna highway. 

 

It is believed that Ocholi, 55, and his son, Aaron Enojo, 20, died instantly while his wife, Blessing Fatima, a Registrar at Salem University, Sokoto, was said to have died later from injuries sustained in the crash. 

 

It has been revealed that the wife slipped into coma before she finally gave up the ghost in the hospital. The late minister and members of his family were said to be travelling in his Sports Utility Vehicle when the accident occurred.

 

Giving explanation how the minister and his family died, Kaduna State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Francis Udoma, said the rear tyre of the SUV burst on top speed and the car skidded off the road, somersaulting several times into the bush.

 

Udoma said: “The rear tyre burst and the vehicle somersaulted into the bush. The minister and his son died on the spot, the wife died in the government hospital at Doka, Kaduna. 

“His driver, the chief detail, the orderly and the P. A. (Personal Assistant) were injured and are receiving treatment.”