Former group chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who served as the chairman of NGX, the non-operating holding company resulting from the demutualization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) between 2021 and 2022, is believed to have died in Saturday’s ill-fated plane crash alongside Herbert Wigwe and his family.
A search is underway for Herbert Wigwe, the group Managing Director of Access Bank Corporation, and other members of his traveling party after a chopper they were traveling in crashed in California.
Reports suggest that six individuals were on board, including Herbert’s wife and a friend, Bimbo Ogunbanjo, a former president of the Stock Exchange.
Details surrounding the crash, including its exact location and time, remain unknown.
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Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo was born in Nigeria to the family of Chris and Hilda Ogunbanjo, OFR, CON, foremost corporate lawyers, industrialists, and philanthropists.
Bamofin Ogunbanjo was a member of the International Bar Association, Nigerian Bar Association, Institute of Petroleum, and a registered capital market consultant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria.
He provided pro-bono legal services to the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping and the Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation, where he served on the board of directors.
Until his passing, he served as a Global Ambassador for the Cervical Cancer-Free Nigeria (CCFN) campaign, an initiative of Global Oncology (GO), a US-based nonprofit organization supported by Stanford University.