Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, wife and four others die in Chopper crash in California

A helicopter carrying six people, including the co-founder of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, crashed in a Southern California desert near the Mojave National Preserve, authorities said.

Herbert Wigwe, 57, co-founder of Access Bank, was among the victims, family members from his home village of Isiokpo said.

Truly awful news.@SemaforAfrica confirms @HerbertOWigwe, CEO of Access Holdings, parent of Africa's largest bank group, was among six killed in a helicopter crash on Friday night in California. Others included his wife Chizoba and Abimbola Ogunbanjo ex-CEO of Nigerian Exchange pic.twitter.com/8Ve1a9VVR5

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