Nigerian bank CEO and family among six killed in California helicopter crash

Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son die in crash, along with former group chairman of Nigeria’s stock exchange

The chief executive of Nigeria’s largest bank, his wife and his son were among six people killed in a Friday night helicopter crash in a remote part of the Mojave desert along the California-Nevade border, according to officials.

The Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Doreen Chizoba, and son Chizi, died in the crash along with the former group chairman of Nigeria’s stock exchange Abimola Ogunbanjo. Those identities were first released by the director general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in a post on X.

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