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Tinubu Mourns Herbert Wigwe, Family Members And Abimbola Ogunbanjo

President Bola Tinubu has received with shock and deep distress the news of the passing of top banker and entrepreneur, Mr Herbert Wigwe and former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Mr Abimbola Ogunbanjo, along with members of the Wigwe family.

The President, in a release issued on Sunday by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, mourned the exceptional Nigerian business leaders describing their passing as “an overwhelming tragedy that is shocking beyond comprehension.”

President Tinubu condoled with the Wigwe and Ogunbanjo families, the business community, and all those impacted by this harrowing incident.

The President prayed for the peaceful repose of the departed and asks God Almighty to comfort the multitude of Nigerians who are grieving and the families of the deceased at this deeply agonizing moment.

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

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