“There was a kind of foul play in the whole exercise, which is very worrisome’’ James Ocholi’s Uncle Abdallah Aliu Raises Alarm Over Death Of Minister, His Wife & Son In Highway Car Crash

According to emerging details

The driver of one of Mr. James Ocholi, SAN, the Minister of State, Labour who drove the car that was involved in the fatal accident that led to his death and that of his wife and son has also given up the ghost yesterday. Sources said the driver who was rushed to the National Hospital, Abuja and has been in Intensive Care died yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Ocholi family are suspecting foul play in his death, they have a called on the Federal Government to investigate the driver, the security personnel that were on the trip
with the late Minister and those who posted James Ocholi

them to his office. The family made the call when the Minister of Labour, Chief Chris Ngige paid a condolence visit to the family residence.

According to Ocholi’s uncle, Abdallah Aliu “Distinguished Senator Ngige, I know you very well. When James Ocholi was told to work with you, I knew he was in good hands because the last time I saw you was in Anambra State. We ate with you in your house as a governor.

“This man that just died is not a lone person. We leave this responsibility in your care. Whoever recruited the driver and posted (redeploy) him should be investigated. It can happen to anybody, it can happen to any minister. It can happen because it has happened. “So, we want to know who recruited the driver, and at what speed (he was during the trip) to the extent that the corpse of the deceased cannot even be recognised. Can you imagine that? I am worried, it is worrisome.”

Aliu added, “There was a kind of foul play in the whole exercise, which is very worrisome. Apparently, the driver who drove the car was the same person who took the photo of the dead man and sent it all over the Internet – whatsApp and others. So, the question is: how come that the driver of the vehicle in the same car was able to take the picture of the dead man?

“The side of the door, where the Honourable Minister sat, was not properly locked because after the car somersaulted, the thing flung him and so he had a terrible and fatal damage that his body was beyond recognition. There was a foul play in Ocholi’s death.

“While I was in his house, I already knew because those who conspired and plotted it (the death) became jittery because I have never been to that house and they don’t know me. But somehow, they became jittery, scared and worried.

“This thing they did is political, it is a political war and some people want to score some political points against the system somehow. The death of Ocholi is quite suspicious.

Ngige responded thus: “The acting Permanent Secretary is here, she is the one in charge of human resources. We will find out and investigate it. We will do, but I can tell you that our personal drivers are known to us and we both keep our personal drivers. We will find out and investigate this.

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