Stunning
details and pictures of the accident scene that claimed the lives of
the honourable minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi who's a
respected legal practitioner and senior advocate of Nigeria-SAN, his
wife and son are out.
According
to reports gathered after the fatal accident that occured about 40
kilometers away from Kaduna on their way to Abuja, the minister,
James Okoli was said to have died on the spot while his wife and son
who made it to the hospital have also passed on.
Those
familiar with the ugly incident said his wife just passed on at Doka
Hospital after sustaining head injury after the minister's car tyre
got burst and somersualted severally.
Kaduna
State governor, Mallam Nasir El –Rufai who described the incident
as a ‘sad development confirmed the unfortunate development on his
facebook page.
He
said, “It is with great sadness that the Kaduna State Ministry of
Health and Human Services further announces the death of Mrs. Ocholi
at Doka Hospital, who was in coma since the accident near Rijana,
along the Kaduna-Abuja Road. Earlier, the death of Minister Ocholi
and his son were announced. May their souls rest in perfect peace,
Amen.”
Meanwhile,
the driver is said to be in critical condition at Doka clinic,
several kilometres from Kaduna.
The
Kaduna State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Francis Udoma,
explained that the accident occurred when the rear tyre of the Sports
Utility Vehicle conveying them burst and the vehicle summersaulted
several times.
Udoma
said, “The rear tyre bursted and the vehicle, summersaulted. The
minister and his son died on the spot, the wife died in the
government hospital in Doka, Kaduna.
“The
driver, the chief detail, the orderly and the Personal Assistant were
injured.”
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