Wigwe, accompanied by his wife, son, and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, was en route to Las Vegas when the incident occurred near the border of Nevada and California on Friday night.

According to reports from Daily Mail, the crash resulted in six fatalities, marking the second fatal helicopter accident in California within a week.

The Eurocopter EC 130, carrying six individuals, crashed near Nipton on the outskirts of the Mojave Desert. This incident follows a recent Navy helicopter crash in Pine Valley, California, during a routine training flight, resulting in the loss of five troops.

Authorities in San Bernardino County are currently unable to locate any survivors from the crash involving the helicopter carrying six people.