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Simon Faleye, the Personal Assistant to the late Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has recounted the last moments of his deceased boss and premonitions he had about the helicopter flight that killed him, his wife, son and business associate, Abimbola Ogunbajo.<\/div>\n
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\nFaleye spoke while mourning and eulogising Wigwe at the Night of Tributes on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

As earlier reported by GWG.ng, Simon Faleye disclosed that he was supposed to fly in the chopper but later decided to accompany their luggage by road since the chopper could not carry it.<\/p>\n

Simon Faleye said he got the nod of Wigwe who applauded the idea as a brilliant one.<\/p>\n

Afterward, he headed to Vegas by road with the luggage while Wigwe, his wife, son and Mr Ogunbajo boarded the chopper to the same destination.<\/p>\n

While on his way to Vegas, Faleye tried calling his boss and the others on the chopper, but none of the calls pulled through.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive of us embarked on that journey. I remember Mr Bimbo chatted to me and said he wanted to come with us, it was a Tuesday. And I told him my boss journey is not always straightforward. Sometimes, you can get in the air and divert somewhere else, and he said he was going to wait.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said he was still going to Abuja that day, and maybe he\u2019ll be leaving later in the night and he said he was going to wait.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still tried to let him understand that we will be in London Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, he said he will stay in his house and wait. I really don\u2019t know why I was trying to convince him not, I don\u2019t know, and we all went on the journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe flew from London to Palm Springs. I remember, in the middle of the air, I walked up to him. I said sir, how comfortable are you flying chopper at night? I\u2019ve never done it before. And he said a word, he said, This is America, they have navigation systems for flying chopper at night, and I went back to my seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they were loading the luggages, this thought started playing in my mind that, okay, you will fly chopper, one hour you are there. The next three and a half hours, the luggages are not going to come. Will I go to bed, no. I still have to sit down and wait for those luggages to come. I was like so, why not just go with the luggages and get there and deliver to him and others in the room. Like I said, I always reason in the line of duty. And I went up to him, I said, sir, I think its safer and will be secure for me to just ride and bring the luggage to you. He said, brilliant idea, and I said safe flight,\u201d Simon Faleye said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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