Access Bank CEO, Wigwe dies in tragic helicopter crash in US

The Managing Director and Chief Executive of Access Bank, a subsidiary of the Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe is dead.

He died in a tragic helicopter crash with five other persons in California, United State of America on Friday night, according to information on several news outlets.

Reports said the chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night. The US government confirmed all on board dead.

Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe was born 15 August 1966 in Ibadan.

He was until his demise the CEO of Access Holdings Plc, traded as Access Corporation.

He was the Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank plc, one of Nigeria’s top five banking institutions, after succeeding his business partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede in January 2014 till April 2022.