Herbert Wigwe, Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, and his wife, Chizoba, perished after their helicopter crashed in California on Friday night, February 9.  According to accounts, the helicopter was on its way to Las Vegas when it crashed in Boulder City, located between Nevada and California, on Friday night.

According to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, the chopper took off from Palm Springs Airport at 8.45 p.m. and was en route to Las Vegas when it crashed at 10 p.m.

The bank executive, his wife and their son were said to be onboard the ill-fated chopper.  Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the head of the Nigerian Export Group, is also claimed to have been aboard the helicopter.

He was 57 years old. May his soul rest in peace. Amen