Friends and associates of the late group CEO of Access Holdings Plc Herbert Wigwe trooped to his parents’ house in Lagos on Monday, to pay their condolences to the family of the renowned banker and philanthropist who lost his life in a tragic helicopter crash in the United States on Friday, February 9th 2024.
Wigwe alongside his wife Chizoba, first son Chizi and former Chairman of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Bimbo Ogunbanjo all met their end in the ill-fated flight that crashed along the California- Nevada border.
Among the dignitaries present at the house of the Wigwe’s were Co-Founder Access Bank, Aigboje Aig-Imokuede; Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; Chairman Thisday-Arise Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena; Founder of Stanbic IBTC, Atedo Peterside; Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Chairman Yinka Folawiyo Group, Tunde Folawiyo; former minister of Industry and Trade, Niyi Adebayo; CEO Cowry Asset Management, Johnson Chukwu, ARISE News Anchor Ojy Okpe among others.
Herbert Wigwe is survived by his four siblings, his 90-year-old father, Pastor Shingle Wigwe, who retired as director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority, his mother Mrs Wigwe who is a nurse and four children.
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