People Knew Herbert Wigwe The Banker And Businessman, I Knew Him As A Good Human Being – Sanusi

The 14th Emir of Kano State, Mohammed Sanusi has come out to recount how the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe came to his rescue after he was dethroned and had to leave the state.

He recently had his say at the continuation of the night of tributes organised in Wigwe’s honour in Lagos on Wednesday, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, Herbert had a plane sent to the tarmac in Kano when he got dethroned as Emir of Kano, and he even accommodated him and his family for months.

Sanusi added that people knew Herbert as a banker and businessman, but he actually got to know the good human being that he was.

His words, “When I had problems in Kano, I called him (Wigwe) about six months before I was to leave Kano, and I said to him, ‘Herbert I know you will give all your best to solve all these problems, but I am convinced that this is what is going to happen.’ And he said to me ‘Your Highness, don’t worry, whatever happens, don’t worry we are here for you.’

On the day I heard on the radio that I was dethroned, the night before it happened, I called and said I wanted to come to Lagos. The announcement was made at about 9 am, and by noon, Herbert had a plane at the tarmac in Kano. I put my family on that plane, no message, no phone call, I put them on that plane. Herbert received them, put them in a hotel, and later got them accommodation for months.

When I came we stayed there. Some people believe I own access bank and Aig and Herbert are fronting for me. They gave me the cars and the drivers, they gave me security and a private jet and they ask for nothing and they don’t talk about it. I have lived in Lagos for four years, the house my family lives in was provided by Herbert.

When I heard of his death, I said ‘In the coming weeks and months, people will get to know Herbert the human being’. They know him as a banker, as a businessman, they don’t know him as a human being. He was always about others, not about himself. You can’t imagine how one human being could have been so many things to so many people.”