The deceased rose through the ranks at BBC serving as producer and later editor of the Hausa Service. He was made Executive Editor of BBC Africa before he quit the employment of the broadcaster.
After he resigned from BBC, late Isa Abba joined the Legislative Institute in Abuja and was director. After his first tenure at the institute, late Isa quit and went back to London.
He was later appointed board member of the News Agency of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The veteran broadcaster left behind one wife and four children.