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Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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A video showing an abandoned house and properties has surfaced online with a claim that it belongs to the late Access Bank chief executive, Herbert Wigwe.

The video was posted by an X user, @Gozoedragon∅∅7, with the caption:

“The house of Herbert Wigwe, the man who died a few years ago. A lesson to these politicians and those killing others to make health. Key into your kinsmen and do well with your people so that you will not be a fugitive even in your death.”

As of August 19, 2025, the post had garnered over 5,000 views and more than 80 reposts.

 

CLAIM

Video shows the current condition of the late Herbert Wigwe’s house and properties.

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THE FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.

Herbert Wigwe, the former managing director of Access Bank, died in February 2024 alongside his wife, son, and former Nigerian Stock Exchange chairman, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, in a helicopter crash in the Mojave Desert, California.

Keyframes from the video circulating online were subjected to Google Reverse Image search, and the result shows that the video was created and posted by a comedian, Classy Jesters, on Facebook.

The user posted the video with a caption: “What’s the purpose of life vanities”. There is no indication in the post that the properties belong to Wigwe.

Further checks also revealed a watermark labelled “Jester AI” on the video. A Google search confirmed that Jester AI is an AI-powered application used to generate social media images and captions—further evidence that the visuals were fabricated. The user has used the tool to generate hyper-realistic AI videos in the past for entertainment purposes, as can be seen here and here.

Additionally, archived videos of Herbert Wigwe’s actual residence, shared on YouTube and X in 2024 shortly after his death, show a completely different property from the one depicted in the viral video.

This indicates that the video circulating on X was manipulated with AI tools and does not reflect the real condition of Wigwe’s home or properties.

 

VERDICT

The claim that the viral video shows the dilapidated house of the late Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, is MISLEADING, as findings show the video was AI-generated.

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Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

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