How Faleye, Herbert Wigwe’s Aide, Escaped Death

That Faleye Olusola, personal assistant of the late Access Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, is alive can only be ascribed to divine intervention.

Olusola, despite having his name on the manifest of the crashed helicopter that killed Wigwe, his wife Doreen Chizoba, son, Chizzy and Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), Abimbola Ogunbanjo, and two crew members, opted to travel by road.

He flew with the Wigwes and Ogunbanjo from London, to Palm Springs in California, United States.

But on getting to Palm Springs, Olusola decided to accompany the luggage of his boss and others to Boulder in Nevada by road.

What worked in Olusola’s favour was that the combined loads of passengers exceeded the maximum take-off weight of the ill-fated Eurocopter EC 130B4.

As a P.A., Olusola’s role included running errands, managing calendars and responding to correspondences for Wigwe.

In his tribute to Wigwe, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, gave insight of how Olusola became Wigwe’s P.A.

Otti wrote: “Since this news filtered out, I’ve not been able to put my head down. I spoke to Peggy, who was broken but strong. I refused to believe. Many confirmed but they were also reporting other people. Then comes this call minutes ago from Sola Faleye, my younger friend who you ‘acquired’ as you took over Diamond Bank.”

“You had shared how one of the best things about acquisition of Diamond Bank was Sola. He was with you everywhere you went but alas, Sola was unreachable throughout yesterday (Friday, the day of the crash). For some reason, he had to step down from that ill-fated chopper to accompany the luggage by road. His name remains on the manifest.”

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