Late Wigwe’s PA recounts how luggage issues prevented him from taking ill-fated chopper that claimed the lives of his boss, wife and son

Late Wigwe’s PA recounts how luggage issues prevented him from taking ill-fated chopper that claimed the lives of his boss, wife and son

The late Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe’s personal assistant, Sola Faleye, has described how he regretted not being on the tragic helicopter that killed Herbert Wigwe, his wife Chizoba Wigwe, their first child Chizzy Wigwe, and businessman Abimbola Ogunbajo on February 9.

Faleye said they all left Nigeria for London and then boarded a flight to Palm Springs airport in California, from where they were meant to fly to Vegas via a helicopter, during the night of homage in honour of Late Wigwe in Lagos state on Wednesday, March 6.

He said during the flight from London to Palm Springs, he had approached his boss and asked if he was comfortable with flying a chopper in the U.S at night, and his boss answered;

‘’This is America, they have a navigation system for flying Chopper at night”

He said he went back to his seat afterwards. Faleye said they all landed at Palm Springs airport in California and they were told that the chopper would not be able to take everyone and their luggage. Faleye said he offered to travel with the luggage to Vegas by road while Wigwe, his wife, son and Mr Ogunbajo boarded the chopper to the same destination.

Faleye said during the trip to Vegas, he tried to call his boss and the others on the chopper, but none of the calls went through. It was later that he got the sad news that the chopper had crashed with everyone on board killed.