Ocholi, minister of state dies in ghastly accident, wife in coma

The late James-Ocholi

The late James Ocholi, Minister of State (Labour)

James Ocholi: tragic accident
James Ocholi: tragic accident

The death has occurred of Mr James Ocholi, a lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria and Nigeria’s minister of state for labour and employment.

He died in a ghastly auto crash today. He was returning to Kaduna from Abuja.

Ocholi, who was on the legal team of the All Progressives Congress represented Kogi state in the young cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Reports said he and his wife, his son and his aide-de-camp were together inside the Prado car that crashed into a Lexus jeep.

Ocholi's crashed vehicle
Ocholi’s crashed vehicle

His wife was said to have been critically injured and in coma.

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The state of his son and police escort yet unknown.

The Daily Trust published the crashed vehicle earlier today.

Ocholi was born 26 November 1960 in Idah, Kogi state. He was his parents second child and the first born in a family of four children.

He attended Ochaja secondary school and completed his law studies at University of Jos in 1985.

He started practising as a lawyer in Ankpa in Benue state, but relocated to Lagos in the tail of the 90s. His legal practice bloomed in Lagos, before he moved to Abuja. In 2007, he became a SAN.

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