Tragic news has just emerged as Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Access Bank, has been confirmed dead alongside his wife in a devastating helicopter crash in California.
The incident has sent shockwaves across the banking ecosystem in Nigeria, leaving colleagues and associates mourning his sudden loss.
AAN TV gathered that his wife, son, lawyer, and Bimbo Ogunbanjo of NGX were casualties during the unfortunate incident.
Officials say the helicopter crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert late on Friday evening. The helicopter, a Eurocopter EC 130, had been carrying six people onboard at the time of the incident.
It comes just days after a Navy chopper carrying five troops crashed during a routine training flight in Pine Valley, California.