Mrs Mary Abiola Wayas, widow of the late Second Republic Senate President, Joseph Wayas, is dead.

Mary died in a UK hospital 12 days after her husband’s demise.

Confirming the news, their son, Joseph Wayas Jnr, said while his father died in a hospital in the European country on November 30, his mother died on December 12 after a brief illness.

Mrs Wayas who is survived by five children, grandchildren and a great-grandchild, was a trained secretary.

She worked in several prestigious firms in Russell Square, London; while supporting her husband who was then an overseas student in the UK.