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The Son of the Minister of Labour, Died today.
Late James E Ocholi answers questions from senators during the ministerial screening.
According to Daily Trust, the minister reportedly died today in an accident on his way to Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital territory.
Minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, also shared his thoughts on the incident this afternoon, tweeting that he and the late minister still met on Friday.
He tweeted:
it is 2 heavy 4 me 2
bear z loss of my dear Freind, Minister of state, Hon James Ocholi, SAN. We departed on Friday to meet no more

Also, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth frontier also paid tribute to the minister.
RIP SIR The Hon. Minister for State Labour and Productivity, Barr. James Enejo Ocholi, SAN is Dead. pic.twitter.com/oeNews9lbL

2)James Ocholi died in a ghastly Motor Accident between Abuja and Kaduna road this noon. A very big lost to Igala,
President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, also confirmed the incident.
RIP Hon. James Ocholi, SAN, Minister of State for Labour.Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad)

Minister of state for environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, also confirmed that the late minister died with his son during the car crash.
Sad to learn of the passing on of our dear colleague in a ghastly road accident along Abj-Kd road. James Ocholi SAN was the HMS Labour.
Died along with his for the wife who is in critical condition. May the Good Lord give her a speedy recovery
James was such a lovely person & a very good team player. We shall surely miss his contribution in the cabinet. Join us in praying for him.

According to Premium Times, the incident occurred along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon with the driver and wife in critical condition at Doka clinic which is several kilometres from Kaduna.
The minister’s car reportedly had a burst tyre on the run and somersaulted several times before the death was confirmed. Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of Information and Culture, when contacted, noted that he was away in Lagos and was trying to confirm the incident.
The senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, however, stated that the presidency had been informed, adding: “We are trying to issue a statement on the matter.”
The late minister’s body has been confirmed to be in the mortuary by another Twitter user who wrote:
RIP James Ocholi. Body confirmed to be in National Hospital, Abuja.
Source: Naij