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Access Bank, one of Nigeria's largest banks, Senegalese lobby groups have called for peaceful protests across the country on Tuesday against the postponement of this month’s presidential election.
has appointed a temporary replacement for CEO Herbert Wigwe, who died alongside five others The Aar Sunu Election (Let’s protect our election, in Wolof language), a newly-formed political platform of about 40 groups, said the protests will start at 1500 GMT.
in a helicopter crash last Friday. The protest organisers, who include opposition parties, have urged people to come out in large numbers despite a police ban.
Bolaji Agbede, Access Bank's most senior founding executive director, will assume the CEO position in acting capacity, the bank's parent company, Access Holdings Plc, announced in a statement. While banning the planned march, Cherif Mouhamadou Blondin Ndiaye, the prefect of Dakar, said that the protests risked disturbing public order and hindering the free movement of people and goods.
Ms Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 and has nearly 30 years of experience in banking and business consultancy, the company said. Last week, three people were killed and hundreds arrested in protests against the delay of the election, condemned by the opposition as a "constitutional coup".
Wigwe's chartered helicopter was on its way from Palm Springs to Boulder City in Nevada in the US when it went down, about 96km (60 miles) from Las Vegas. President Macky Sall controversially pushed back the 25 February vote at short notice, citing a row over the eligibility of candidates.
According to Nigerian media, the 57-year-old banker was on his way to Las Vegas to attend Sunday's Super Bowl. More on Senegal:
Wigwe founded Access Bank in 1989. It became the largest bank in Nigeria in 2018 after it acquired its main competitor, Diamond Bank. 'We feel betrayed by President Macky Sall'
Why West Africa's united front is in tatters
Senegal on the brink after elections postponed
Senegal's Ousmane Sonko - youth hero or rabble-rouser?
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