Late minister's driver dies from injuries sustained in crash

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March 7, 2016 11:41 PM

While the late Minister and his son died instantly after the crash, his wife and the driver who were badly injured were rushed to the hospital but Mrs Ocholi died in coma a few hours later.

Late James Ocholi

Following the death of the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity,

While the Minister and his son died instantly after the crash, his wife and the driver who were badly injured were rushed to the hospital but Mrs Ocholi died a few hours later.

The driver died today, March 7, at the National Hospital Abuja.

Dignitaries including wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari and wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo have thronged the Ocholi family home to pay their condolence.

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The minister was on his way from a church program, with his wife and second son when the tyre of the SUV they were travelling in burst and crashed at Kilometre 57, along Kaduna-Abuja highway.

He was 55 years old.

Ocholi was appointed Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. He was also the Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Abuja chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association.

In 2011, he was governorship aspirant in Kogi State on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change.

Between 2013 and 2014, he was deputy national legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Last year, he made another attempt at the governorship race in Kogi state under the aegis of the APC, but lost at the primary election level to the late Abubakar Audu.

He was survived by four children - his eldest son Aaron, and three daughters.

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