The driver of the ill-fated vehicle where James Ocholi, minister of state
for labour and employment, his wife, and son died, has no driver’s
license, Boboye Oyeyemi, corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC), has revealed.
Oyeyemi said this on Wednesday while presenting an interim report of the
accident to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the presidential villa
in Abuja.
He explained that the commission could not locate the name of the driver
in its database, and attributed the accident to over-speeding.
He also said Ocholi and his son did not make use of seat belts during the
journey.
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to lead his cabinet members on a
condolence visit to the late minister’s family.
Meanwhile, Babachair Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation
(SGF), has said the funeral rites of the deceased will hold between March
16 and March 18.
Lawal said the burial will hold at the Dekina hometown of the Ocholis in
Kogi state.
The accident, which claimed the lives of the three family members,
occurred on Kaduna-Abuja road on Sunday.