{"id":110868,"date":"2024-03-09T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T16:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110868"},"modified":"2024-03-09T17:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T16:48:26","slug":"herbert-wigwe-wife-son-buried-as-father-slumps-rushed-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/herbert-wigwe-wife-son-buried-as-father-slumps-rushed-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Wigwe, wife, son buried as father slumps, rushed to hospital\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1793064436217732179\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dignitaries, guests and hundreds of mourners arrived at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State for the funeral service of Wigwe, his wife, Doreen, and son, Chizzy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nShyngle Wigwe, the biological father of billionaire business mogul and late former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe on Saturday slumped and was rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by a popular influencer on X(formerly Twitter), Tony Ogbuagu who denied the purported death of the late billionaire\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cHerbert Wigwe\u2019s father is not dead please. 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Make una slow down with all these bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries, guests and hundreds of mourners arrived at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State for the funeral service of\u00a0Wigwe, his wife, Doreen, and son, Chizzy<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com had reported that Wigwe who died in a helicopter crash in the United States alongside his wife and son were buried on March 9, 2024 after a combined funeral service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lion of Judah Parish, Isiokpo.<\/p>\n<p>Wigwe and his family members died when a chopper heading to Las Vegas crashed near a border city between Nevada and California in February.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dignitaries, guests and hundreds of mourners arrived at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State for the funeral service of Wigwe,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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