Nigeria's minister of state for labour and productivity James Ocholi with wife and son died in car accident.

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!😫
— Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) March 6, 2016
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
— PDP Youth Frontier (@PDPNYF) March
6, 2016
2)James Ocholi died in a ghastly Motor
Accident between Abuja and Kaduna road
this noon. A very big lost to Igala,
— PDP Youth Frontier (@PDPNYF) March
6, 2016
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) March
6, 2016
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.
— Ibrahim Usman Jibril (@iujibril) March
6, 2016
Died along with his https://
t.co/39uYvsck1H pray for the wife who is
in critical condition. My the Good Lord
give her speedy recovery.
— Ibrahim Usman Jibril (@iujibril) March
6, 2016
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. — Ibrahim Usman Jibril
(@iujibril) March 6, 2016
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
— KindlyFollowBack (@AniobiJN) March
6, 2016
As at the time of filing this report, it was
confirmed that Governor Yahaya Bello of
Kogi state has arrived the National hospital,
Abuja to receive the remains of the minister
as one of his aides tweeted.
His Excellency, Gov Yahaya Bello, is at
the National Hospital, Abuja, waiting to
receive the remains of the Late Minister,
James Ocholi, SAN
— Gbenga Olorunpomi (@GbengaGOLD)
March 6, 2016
Also here are ministers, senators, the
SGF and many fans of the deceased. A
sad day for our dear Kogi State!
#GoodnightOcholi
— Gbenga Olorunpomi (@GbengaGOLD)
March 6, 2016