ACCESS Bank Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe reported dead in helicopter crash
ACCESS Bank Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe reported dead in helicopter crash.
The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc and co-founder of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, has been reported dead.
He was 57.
The renowned Nigerian banker and entrepreneur reportedly died along with some members of his immediate family in a helicopter crash late Friday in California, United States of America.
Several media outlets reporting the incident said he was on board the ill-fated chopper with his wife, son and three other passengers.
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The reports quote the US Federal Aviation Administration as saying that the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashed around 10:00 pm local time, near Nipton, California, and that the nearby San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was made aware of the incident at 10:12 pm, local time.