Director-general of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has described the death of the group chief executive officer of Access Holdings Plc Herbert Wigwe as a terrible loss.
Mr Wigwe died alongside his wife and son in a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border in the United States.
He was said to have travelled to the US for the Super Bowl event in Las Vegas scheduled for Sunday.
In a post on X, Mrs Okonjo-Iweala consoled the deceased’s family and the Access Bank Group employees and managemenr.
She stated, “Terribly saddened by the news of the terrible loss of Herbert Wigwe, Group CEO Access Bank @HerbertOWigwe, his wife and son as well as Bimbo Ogunbanjo in a helicopter crash.
“My deepest sympathies and condolences to the Wigwe family, the Ogunbanjo family, Access Bank Group employees and Management @myaccessbank, and my younger Brother Herbert’s partner Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace.”
