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Friday, February 9, 2024
The CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe died in an helicopter crash on February 9, 2024. He died in an helicopter at California, US with the plane boarding the wife and children.
The Helicopter EC130B4 on Friday was carrying six passengers including two crew members before the crash at a border town between California and Nevada
According to Punch Newspaper, A United States of America aviation lawyer by name Robert A. Clifford reportedly said has said, “.. The tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, and other prominent Nigerians in California on Friday could have been averted.
Wigwe was married to Chizoba Wigwe (née Nwuba) and had four children. Access Bank’s parent company, Access Corporation, has been listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange since 1998 and has over 900,000 shareholders. As at 31 March 2022, Access Bank had total assets of approximately US $28.8 billion. The company is set to be taken over by CFO Seyi Kumapayi.
Also, the stock is also to be placed on the New York Stock Exchange in his honor. He was 57 years old.
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