The family of the former Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has excluded the family’s church, RGGC, Victoria Island, Lagos from its programme of activities for his burial rites.
The family of the late businessman, in the funeral announcement, said the burial rites will commence with a celebration of the professional legacy of Wigwe at the Eko Hotel in Lagos on March 4 and will end with an outing service at the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, RCCG, Lion of Judah Parish, Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 10
The lives of Chizi and Chizoba will be celebrated in separate ceremonies scheduled for March 5 at the Eko Hotel in Lagos, before a night of tribute a day later at the same venue.
A combined service of songs will be held on March 7 at the RCCG, Resurrection Parish, Lekki, followed by a Christian wake-keeping at Wigwe University, Isiokpo in Rivers State.
The combined funeral and private internment service are slated for March 9.
Meanwhile, the City of David Parish of the RCCG, Victoria Island, Lagos, where the late Wigwe family worship was excluded from the burial programme.
It was gathered that the exclusion may not be unconnected with the lavish 60th birthday party of the parish senior pastor’s wife, Siju Iluyomade on 18, February, 2024, barely a week after the death of the billionaire businessman.
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Many Nigerians have argued that the cleric’s wife who was like a spiritual mother to the Wigwes should have postponed her birthday party over the demise of the Access Holdings boss.
Credible News earlier reported that Wigwe died alongside his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, in a helicopter crash in the United States on February 9, 2024.
The former Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, NGX Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo was also aboard the helicopter, with all passengers confirmed dead.
