A sad position, but don't ride the dead horse.
ad 1a) Only the owner can assign officers,
1b) Officers have no function as of now, thus it's useless.
2) With some luck, he will receive mail notice of PMs (if your are friends) or wall notes, and if he remembers his password, he might transfer ownership to you.
3) I haven't heard of any WGT action in such situations...