The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe had been involved in a plane crush with his family on Friday, February 9, according to SaharaReporters.
His wife and son were onboard the helicopter transporting them when it crushed in California near the Nevada border resulting in their death.
There were six passengers on board when the chopper crushed. No survivor had yet been found.
The US government has confirmed all six passengers onboard dead.
According to reports from SaharaReporters, the Access Holdings CEO had left Lagos State, Nigeria, on Wednesday to watch the Super Bowl 58, an American football competition.
The US Federal Aviation Ministry said the Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashed around 10pm California time on Friday.
According to Mara Rodriguez, a public information officer with the Federal Aviation Administration, officials at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were made aware of the downed aircraft at 10:12 pm, local time.
She added that the scene of the crash was determined to be east of Interstate 15, near Halloran Springs Road.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night.
US officials had said the helicopter crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert late on Friday evening.
Prior to becoming the Group CEO, Herbert Wigwe the deputy managing director at Access Bank from 2002 to 2014. He is also the founder of Wigwe University.
He served as the Chairman of Access Bank (Ghana), Access Investment and Security Services Limited, Central Securities and Clearing System (CSCS) and currently until his death the Chairman of Access Bank (UK) Limited and Unified Payments Services Limited.