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All six people aboard the helicopter were killed, namely Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of the Nigerian banking firm Access Bank plc, his wife Doreen Chizoba Wigwe, his 29-year old son Chizi Wigwe, former Nigerian Exchange Group Plc Chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo, and two crew members. [6]
Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Bank, in his Lagos, Nigeria office. Mr Wigwe, his wife and son were killed in a helicopter crash on Friday(AP Foto/Ayodeji Owolabi) (AP)
Access Holdings said its CEO Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son were among those who died in the crash. ... were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday, authorities and the ...
Wigwe’s death is “a terrible blow” for Nigeria and Africa’s banking industry, Nigerian presidential spokesman says The CEO of one […] The post CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in ...
Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe CFR (15 August 1966 – 9 February 2024) was a Nigerian banker and businessman. He was the group managing director and CEO of Access Bank Plc , one of Nigeria's top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede .
On 9 February 2024, he was among six people who died following a helicopter crash near Nipton, California, while he was on his way from Palm Springs International Airport to Boulder City, Nevada on a charter flight operated by Orbic Air LLC with Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Nigeria's Access Bank plc, Wigwe's wife and son, and two crew members [4 ...
Aigboje is the author of Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa (Red Door, 2020), a memoir that recounts how he and Herbert Wigwe bought Access Bank in 2002, one of the smallest and most crisis- prone banks in Nigeria, and built it into one of the biggest and strongest banks in the country. [62] [63] [64]
The horrific crash between Chester-le-Street and Durham at 3.15am on May 31 also killed Ms Warner’s sister Karlene, a flight attendant. Zackary Blades (Family Handout/PA)