6 people, including the group chief executive of one of Nigeria’s largest lenders, were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Friday,
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration released a statement after the helicopter crashed near Nipton, California, at around 10 p.m., killing six passengers on board.
Access Bank Group CEO Herbert Wigwe’s death was confirmed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization, in a post on X, along with that of Nigerian Exchange Group’s former Chairman Abimbola Ogunbanjo.
Terribly saddened by the news of the terrible loss of Herbert Wigwe , Group CEO Access Bank Herbert Wigwe
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigerian bank CEO killed in Mojave Desert helicopter crash in California
The helicopter crashed close to a border city between Nevada and California on its way to Las Vegas, according to several accounts.
