FG condoles with late Minister’s family
Just as journalists were making their reports, the wife’s corpse was brought in and deposited at the mortuary.
James Ocholi
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, told newsmen at the National Hospital in Abuja that he was at the hospital to convey the President’s condolences to the family, Kogi State and Nigerians.
``It is a great loss indeed,’’ he said.
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, described Ocholi as ``a man loved by many people in the state.
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``He contributed his quota to (development) of society. We received the news which was shocking to everyone in the state.’’
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, and former Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Humphrey Aba, Sen. Dino Melaye (Kogi West), were at the hospital to sympathise with the family.
NAN reports that family members and a horde of sympathisers were at the venue.
NAN spoke to an eyewitness who said the accident occurred at Km57 on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway when the governor’s convoy was returning to Abuja on Sunday.
NAN reports that of the seven people involved in the accident, the minister, his wife and his second son died while four others were injured.
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NAN reports that Ocholi had two sons and three daughters.
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