Prominent indigenes of Cross River North Senatorial District have so far raised over N135 million to bring back the body of Second Republic Senate President, late Dr Joseph Wayas. This was disclosed by the President of Basang Nation, Wayas' immediate ancestral community, Sylvanus Anyawho.
Prominent indigenes of Cross River North Senatorial District have so far raised over N135 million to bring back the body of Second Republic Senate President , late Dr Joseph Wayas . This was disclosed by the President of Basang Nation, Wayas ' immediate ancestral community, Sylvanus Anyawho. He said the community has made appeals to the Nigerian Senate and the Cross River State government, to no avail.
We have led delegation to our state government. We are patient. 'Why should the state ignore the collective wish of its people? Why?' He threatened that their next action might be to lead a protest. 'Infact, the next option will be protest,' he said. Wayas died at 80, following protracted illness in a London hospital, on 30 November 2021.
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