CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in California helicopter crash, director-general of WTO says

The CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks was killed on Friday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Bank, was among six people on board when the helicopter crashed shortly after 10 p.m. His death was confirmed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization, in a post on X. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened east of Interstate 15 near Halloran Springs Road, which is not far from the California-Nevada border. KABC-TV reports the helicopter was headed for Boulder Springs, Nevada, near Las Vegas.