Wuyep was born on 23 November 1948 in Pil-Gani which is in the Langtang area of what was British administered now in Plateau State, Nigeria.

He attended the Native Authority Primary School in Shendam from 1959 to 1964 and then the Government Teachers College Toro in north-eastern Nigeria from 1966 to 1969.

[2] As a trained pilot, Wuyep flew both jet and transport aircraft although most of his flying career was spent on the C-130 Hercules.

Wuyep acknowledged that development of the oil and gas in the Gulf of Guinea could be mutually beneficial to both Nigeria and the United States.

Wuyep also expressing his hope that the former training program for Nigerian aircrew with the US Air Force would be restored.