A helicopter crash near the Nevada border in California, USA, is reported to have claimed the life of Herbert Wigwe, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc.
According to the Will, his wife and son were also believed to have been on board the ill-fated helicopter, reports say.
The authorities said that as of Saturday morning, they had not found any survivors, New York Times reports.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the crash occurred about 10 p.m. local time near Nipton, Calif., a non-incorporated area about 60 miles south of Las Vegas in eastern San Bernardino County.
It was not clear Saturday morning where the helicopter began its journey, nor where it was heading to.
Access Holdings at the time this report was filed declined to comment on the situation.
Calls placed to the telephone lines of Kunle Aderinokun, the Head of Media Relations at Access Holdings, and some other members of his team were not answered, neither were messages replied.
The Rivers State Government has confirmed the incident.
Wigwe hailed from Rivers State.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, who confirmed the incident to one of our correspondents in a telephone interview on Saturday, said it was a shock.
According to him, the incident was a huge loss.
To this effect, “His (Wigwe’s) death has been confirmed. It is a big loss to every sector. And not just himself, with his wife and son. It is very painful.”
Johnson said the state government would later release an official statement.