A former Senate president, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has reportedly lost his wife, Felicia.

The 69-year-old died in the early hours of Sunday after a protracted illness.

This was made known by the Secretary of Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State, Emmanuel Shebbs, in a release issued to newsmen in Umuahia, the state capital, Monday morning.

The late Felicia Wabara, who turned 69 in March, hailed from Ogwa, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, and was married to Senator Adolphus Wabara, the immediate past Pro-Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The late Felicia Wabara was married to Senator Adolphus Wabara for 40 years.