President Bola Tinubu has expressed shock and deep distress over the news of the passing of Mr. Herbert Wigwe, top banker and entrepreneur, and Mr. Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former group chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc., along with members of the Wigwe family.
Wigwe, was the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc.
President Tinubu, according to his media aide, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued on Sunday mourned “these exceptional Nigerian business leaders and describes their passing as ‘an overwhelming tragedy that is shocking beyond comprehension’.”
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Ngelale said the president commiserated with the Wigwe and Ogunbanjo families, the business community, and all those impacted by the harrowing incident.
Tinubu prayed for the peaceful repose of the departed and asked God Almighty to comfort the multitude of Nigerians who were grieving and the families of the deceased at the deeply agonising moment.
