The Secretary to the Abia State Government (SSG), Prof. Nkpa A. Nkpa was involved in a ghastly auto accident. Sources say, the accident happened along the Abiriba to Umuahia expressway at about 11am Saturday September 28, 2013, while he was heading to a funeral.
The SSG who drove in a sport utility vehicle (SUV) sustained major injuries, while the other person who drove a Honda Accord died instantly at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the red Honda Accord lost control of his vehicle and slammed onto the SSG’s 4×6 injuring the SSG’s driver and his Orderly.
Sources say the SSG and the two others sustained life threatening injuries. The driver sustained leg injury while the SSG sustained multiple injuries.
The SSG, according to a staff at the hospital is responding to treatment and is stable.