Sola Faleye, the Private Assistant to the late Group Managing Director and CEO of Entry Financial institution Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has revealed how baggage points made him miss being on the helicopter that killed his boss, spouse, son, and enterprise affiliate, Mr. Abimbola Ogunbajo.
Faleye stated he was purported to fly within the helicopter, however on second thought, he determined to accompany their baggage by street for the reason that chopper couldn’t carry it.
He acknowledged this whereas mourning and eulogizing Wigwe on the Night time of Tributes on Wednesday.
“5 of us launched into that journey. I bear in mind Bimbo chatted with me and stated he wished to come back with us; it was a Tuesday. And I instructed him my boss’s journey is just not all the time easy. Generally, you may get within the air and divert some place else, and he stated he was going to attend,” Faleye stated.
“I stated he was nonetheless going to Abuja that day, and perhaps he might be leaving later at midnight, and he stated he was going to attend.
“I nonetheless tried to let him perceive that we’ll be in London Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; he stated he’ll keep in his home and wait.
“We flew from London to Palm Springs. I bear in mind, in the midst of the air, I walked as much as him. I stated, sir, how snug are you flying a chopper at evening? I’ve by no means carried out it earlier than. And he stated a phrase, he stated, ‘That is America, they’ve navigation methods for flying a chopper at evening,’ and I went again to my seat.”
He added, “As they have been loading the baggage, this thought began taking part in in my thoughts that, okay, you’ll fly a chopper, one hour you might be there. The subsequent three and a half hours, they don’t seem to be going to come back. Will I am going to mattress, no. I nonetheless have to sit down down and look forward to these baggage to come back. I used to be like, why not simply go together with the baggage and get there and ship it to him and others within the room. Like I stated, I all the time purpose within the line of obligation. And I went as much as him, I stated, sir, I feel it’s safer and might be safe for me to only experience and convey the baggage to you. He stated, ‘good concept,’ and I stated, ‘secure flight.’”
Faleye additionally described his late boss as a ‘nice man.’
