He said Wigwe had the power to chase accounts, network and deliver things that others could not deliver.
He said this while paying tribute to the business guru in Lagos in an event titled ‘Celebrating Herbert Wigwe – “A Professional Legacy” – a part of funeral plans for Wigwe, his wife, and son, who lost their lives in a helicopter accident in the United States on February 9.
Agbaje said he and Wigwe, founder of the Wigwe University in Rivers State, were both once in the corporate bank as he met him in November 1991.
“I met Herbert November 1991. We were both in the corporate bank. This gentleman walked in, didn’t take off his jacket because we all had our jackets on. Well, that was Herbert, he was going to do it his own way.
“He drove a red golf. Who drives a red golf? Only a man who’s that brazen drives around in a red golf,” he said.
He described Wigwe as one of the cleverest persons in GTB which made him earn the bank’s respect.
“Very quickly, Herbert earned our respect. Herbert was one of the cleverest people in Guarantee Trust Bank. He was a credit analysts’ analyst,” he said.
Speaking further and explaining what Wigwe had that no one in the bank had which made him distinguished, Agbaje said, “But that’s not what got him his respect because we were all good analysts. But Herbert had what we all didn’t have — he had the power to chase accounts, network and deliver things that we all couldn’t.”
