A former President of the Senate, Dr. Joseph Wayas, is dead.
The former President of the Senate from 1979 to 1983 died in London, United Kingdom in the early hours of Thursday.
He was born on May 21, 1941 in Basang, Obudu, Cross Rivers State.
He was Deputy Chairman of the 1994 National Constitutional Conference.
Fluent in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages, Wayas married a Yoruba woman as first wife.
He is survived by children and grandchildren.