Late Minister and his wife |
The
remains of the late Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi,
SAN, his wife and the son may be buried next week Friday according to a source.
The
proposal was made when the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris
Ngige visited the bereaved family to inquire about the burial arrangement.
The family
has presented the proposal to the government and that Senator Ngige was to
convey the information to the presidency.
The
family source said that the decision to bury the former minister immediately
was because he died at a young age and that only people that had lived old
enough that their burials were delayed.
According
to him, the death was pathetic and a blow to the family, friends and relations
who were still to come to terms with the tragedy. He also said that the burial
had to be done as soon as possible so that there will be time to plan for the
future of the four surviving children as well as reduce their pain and agony.
It was
gathered that because the late minister was a practicing and devout Christian,
delaying his body and that of the wife and second son would clash with the
Easter activities.
“It is
only if it is a celebration of life for one that is old that we delay the
corpse.
The minister
did not die at the ripe age so there is no way we could continue to delay the
burial. His death is pathetic to us,” the source stated. Recall that the late
James Ocholi died on Sunday alongside the wife and second son in a ghastly
motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road where he went to attend a church
programme.
As at
Tuesday morning, sympathisers were still trooping his residence at No. 4 Dagash
Street, Kado Estate, Abuja wearing gloomy faces while the security people
especially the police have been having hectic days to control the traffic at
the adjoining streets to his residence
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