I Put Wigwe In Charge Of Education Trust For My Children Coz I Had Thought I ‘ll Die Before Him—Lamido Sanusi

Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,  who was also the Emir of Kano between  June  8 ,  2014  and March 9 , 2020 , disclosed on Wednesday that he had set up an education trust for his children two years ago and put Mr. Herbert Wigwe in charge because he had thought he would die before late Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Sanusi  said this during  the continuation of the night of tributes organized in Wigwe’s honour in Lagos on Wednesday.

 He also recalled how Wigwe gave him the much-needed support after his dethronement on  March 9 , 2020 .

‘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.’ he said.

Speaking on  rumours that he actually owns Access Bank, Sanusi said:

‘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’.

The former CBN governor also talked about his decision to set up an education trust for his children and put Wigwe in charge because he had thought that he will die before the Access Bank chief.

‘About two years ago, I put all my savings into a Trust for the education of my children, I have many and my priority as a father is to make sure that when I pass away, they will have a good education.

I told Herbert, ‘I am placing you in charge of this Trust for the education of my children because I know that even if I die and do not leave any money, you will educate my children.

I thought I would die before Herbert’  he said.

‘On the day before this happened, I was on a chat group when somebody made a few remarks about Herbert that I found offensive and I defended Herbert. I made my point very clear that this was unacceptable.

A few days after Herbert died; a friend called me and sent me a message. He sent a message to Herbert at about 3:20 am that morning (the day of the crash), telling him how I had stood up and defended him and forwarded my entire message to him. ‘Herbert replied at 3:28 am with one word ‘unbelievable’. He sent another message at 3:50 which was not delivered. From the presentation from the air traffic controllers, the crash happened at 3:30. So possibly, the last thing Herbert read was my message talking about him’ he added,

Recall that a helicopter with six people aboard had crashed near the California-Nevada border last month.

 Those aboard the ill-fated helicopter include Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE—Team@orientactualmags.com
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