How luggage issues prevented me from taking ill-fated flight — Wigwe’s PA

Sola Faleye, the Personal Assistant to the late Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, shared the account of narrowly avoiding the tragic chopper crash that claimed the lives of his boss, the CEO’s wife, son, and business associate, Abimbola Ogunbajo.

Faleye narrated the sorrowful incident at the Night of Tribute held in Lagos, saying he had initially planned to join the flight on the helicopter but had to go with the luggage.

“As they were loading the luggage, this thought started playing in my mind that, okay, you will fly a chopper, one hour you are there. The next three and a half hours, the luggage is not going to come. Will I go to bed? No. I still have to sit down and wait for their luggage to come. I was like, so why not just go with the luggage and get there and deliver to him and others in the room. Like I said, I always reason in the line of duty. And I went up to him, I said, sir, I think it’s safer and will be secure for me to just ride and bring the luggage to you. He said, brilliant idea, and I said, safe flight. However,

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While Faleye was en route to Vegas with the luggage, Wigwe, his wife, son, and Mr. Ogunbajo boarded the helicopter bound for the same destination. During the road trip, Faleye attempted to reach his boss and the others on the helicopter through phone calls, but unfortunately, none of the calls connected.

Faleye reached out to the driver who was to pick them up when they land with the chopper, and the driver informed him that 30 minutes ago, we could not find them on the weather again.