Mrs Mary Abiola Wayas
Widow of late ex-Senate President, Wayas, dies – Son confirms
Widow of late Joseph Wayas, the Second Republic President of the Nigerian Senate, Mrs Mary Abiola Wayas has passed on.
Confirming the news, Tuesday, son of the deceased, Joseph Wayas Jnr, said, Tuesday that Mrs Wayas died 12 days after the death of her husband, the ex-senate leader.
Both of them died in hospitals in the United Kingdom. However, while Joseph died November 30, 2021 but was made public by the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Thursday, December 2, the widow of the ex-senate President died on December 12, as confirmed by the son.
The couple died 12 days apart.
Mrs Wayas who is survived by 5 children, grandchildren and a great-grandchild, was a trained secretary.
She worked in several prestigious firms in Russell Square, London, while supporting her husband, late Joseph Wayas who was then an overseas student in the UK.
He was aged 80 and was born in Basang, Obudu, Cross River State on May 21, 1941.
Wayas was a founding member of the now-defunct All Peoples Party (APP) but later joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2002.
