 An access bank has opened a register for staff and well-wishers to pen their condolences in honor of group executive, chief executive officer of access holding PLC, Habat Weigwe. Weigwe, his wife, son, and a bimbola or gubanjor, the former group chairman of the Mandurian Exchange Group PLC, NGX Group, all died in a helicopter crash in the United States. The register was opened at the O'Neill Lagos headquarters of the bank. Similarly, a condolence register has also been opened at a family house on Alexander Avenue, Ikoi Lagos. This is just as the sad news of the demise of the late banker was formally broken to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shingbe Weigwe. The older Weigwe was a former director general at an Andruan Television Authority, NTA. There is a large gathering of people presently at his parents' residence at Northern Forshaw, where guests are being received. And the chief executive officer of access holding PLC Habat Weigwe reportedly died in a fatal helicopter accident near the border of California and Nevada in the United States over the weekend, according to multiple sources. The sources claim that the helicopter went down on Friday night near a city that lives between the two states. It was reported that five other passengers, including his wife and son, also lost their lives in the crash. The helicopter was reportedly heading to Las Vegas. Plus, the Africa is taking a cause relook at his life in times while he was alive. According to this report, Habat Weigwe was a Nigerian banker and entrepreneur who passed away on February 10, 2024 at the age of 57. He was the CEO of Access Holdings PLC, traded as Access Corporation and a former group managing director and CEO of Access Bank PLC. He was a philanthropist and a visionary leader who transformed Access Bank from a small commercial bank into a global financial institution. Weigwe was born on August 15, 1966, the parent of Ikwere Descent from Omoeke Isyoku in River State. The late Access Bank CEO attended St. Gregory's College in Lagos for his second education and then proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Ntsuka, where he obtained a degree in Accountancy in 1987. He furthered his education by obtaining a master's degree in Banking and Finance from the University College of North Wales, now Bangor University, in 1989, and another master's degree in Financial Economics from the University of London in 1990. The late prominent banker also attended the Harvard Business School Executive Management Program in 2006. He was a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICANN, a fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration, an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Bankings of Nigeria, CIPN, and a commander of the Order of the Niger, C-O-N. Herbert Weigwe started his professional career with Coopers and Librand Associates, an international firm of Chartered Accountants, where he worked as a management consultant and later qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He then joined Capital Bank as a Senior Manager in Judd of Treasury and Financial Services. In 1992, he moved to Guarantee Trust Bank, GT Bank, where he spent over 10 years working in various capacities, such as corporate banking, institutional banking, and Treasury. In 2002, he left GT Bank along with his business partner and friend, Aik Boji Aik Imokwade, to acquire a stake in Aik's Bank PLC, which was then a small commercial bank ranked 65th out of 89 banks in Nigeria. Herbert Weigwe succeeded Aik Boji Aik Imokwade as a Group Managing Director, CEO of Aik's Bank PLC, in January 2014, and continued to steer the bank to greater heights until April 2022, when he stepped down to become the CEO of Axis Holdings PLC, a new entity that was created to oversee the non-banking businesses of Axis Bank, such as insurance, asset management, payment, and digital banking. He remained a non-executive director of Axis Bank PLC until his death. He founded the Herbert Weigwe Foundation in 2018 to provide scholarships, mentorship, and empowerment to young Nigerians. One of the most remarkable achievements of Weigwe was the creation of Weigwe University, a groundbreaking institution of higher learning in Nigeria and West Africa.