The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi and his son, are dead. They died today in a fatal auto crash which occurred this afternoon along Kaduna-Abuja expressway.

The car in which they were travelling was said to have somersaulted several times as a result of burst tyre. However, the minister’s wife and driver were reported to have survived but in critical condition.

The minister, a lawyer, hailed from Dekina area of Kogi State.