I Felt Pain Hugging Wigwe’s Bereaved Father – Prof. Pat Utomi

Professor Pat Utomi, Nigerian Political economist, has recounted how Shyngle Wigwe, the father of the late Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, visited him after an accident that almost claimed his life in 1991.

Utomi in company of the Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, alongside other associates paid a condolence visit to the parents of the late Wigwe, on Monday, 12th of February, 2024.

In a post on his X page on Monday, the economist Utomi wrote that he felt pain while hugging Wigwe’s father and prayed for fortitude for the Wigwes.

He wrote,

“Today was heartbreak. In 1991 when I was a breath away from death from accident near Asaba, the first person I saw from Lagos after surgery in Onitsha was Engr Shyngle Wigwe. He came with his son, Osita, who would pass on similar accident years later. Today I felt pain hugging him

“Deep sincere prayer for fortitude for the Wigwes and for peaceful repose of Herbert, wife and son and the others on that flight and indeed all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God.”

Freshreporters media had reported that Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; son, Chizi; and a former Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, lost their lives in an helicopter crash which occurred near a border town between California and Nevada in the US on Friday. [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>