8 PDP members from Abia state met their untimely death during a fatal road accident on Awka-Enugu expressway

The accident happened around 11pm on Tuesday while they were returning from a progress meeting in Awka enroute Umuahia.

One of the survivors of the incident, Sunday Iroegbu claims over-speeding by the pilot vehicle caused the accident.

Mr Iroegbu said he trailed other vehicles and relied on their tail light to keep pace with them when the bus suddenly veered off the road and landed in a ditch.

Dr Abali Chuku, the medical director of Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia who confirmed the incident to journalists said the deceased had been deposited at the hospital mortuary.

Chuku explained that of the 10 others affected by the accident, four were in critical conditions and were receiving treatment.

Gov. Theodore Orji has visited the survivors at the hospital but did not make any public comment.