A helicopter transporting Herbert Wigwe, the Chairman of Access Bank and CEO of Access Holdings, has crashed, killing him and five others in California, United States.
Herbert Wigwe was on board the helicopter with his wife, two family members including his son and others.
They were headed to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl game when they crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night.
The US government confirmed all on board dead.
Business mogul, Abimbola Ogunbajo was reportedly also on board the flight.
However, the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) is still investigating the crash as authorities are yet to access the crash site. It is a Eurocopter EC 130.
The crash is thought to have happened shortly after 10 pm (US California Time). The helicopter took off from Palmsprings and it is unclear where it was heading.
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