[1] In 2006, Wanderley was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba.
[3] This time however, he never took office as the Superior Electoral Court canceled his victorious candidacy due to previous corruption conviction.
In 2004, his wife Edina was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba (2003–2006).
One of his sons, Dinaldinho, is also a politician and was also elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba (2015–2016) and is the incumbent Mayor of Patos.
[5][6] On 24 May 2020, Wanderley died in João Pessoa at the age of 69 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.