PROFESSOR Mkpa Agu Mkpa, the Secretary Government of Abia State, weekend, survived a ghastly auto crash along Abiriba road, leading to his home town. Mkpa was said to be traveling home for a funeral ceremony of a relation when the accident occurred.
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However, details of the accident are still sketchy but it was confirmed that the SSG was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where he is receiving treatment.
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The driver of the vehicle that collided with Mkpa's was said to have died but Mkpa and his driver survived.
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Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Theodore Orji, confirmed the incident and explained that the SSG and his driver "are stable and responding to treatment."
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Visibly shaken by the incident, Governor Theodore Orji, who rushed to the hospital, assured the SSG that the state government would not abandon him.
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He urged the doctors at the centre to do their best to treat the former vice-chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu.