Vice Admiral Joseph Edet Akinwale Wey (ya rayu daga Mayu 6, 1918 zuwa Disamba 12, 1991) ya kasance hafsan sojin Ruwa ne a Nijeriya, yayi aiki a lokuta daban-daban, a matsayin sa na shugaban Nigerian Navy (wato Chief of Naval Staff), da kuma Ministan Harkokin waje na wucin gadi, sannan kuma ya zama Chief of Staff na Supreme Headquarters, haka yasa ya zama de facto Mataimakin Shugaban Nijeriya lokacin janar Yakubu Gowon. An haife shi a birnin Calabar a watan Maris shekarar 1918 a gidan Yarbawa da Ibibiyo/Efik wato mahaifinsa da mahaifiyar sa, Admiral Wey yayi karatunsa na farko a Calabar, Cross River State makarantar firamare na Methodist, Ikot Ekpene a Jihar Akwa Ibom a yanzu; sannan ya cigaba da karatunsa a Jihar Lagos. Ya fara aikin sa na farko a Marine Department a matsayin cadet kuma mai koyon zama injiya a 1940. A karshen koyon aikin sa a 1945, yayi aiki a dukkanin sea-going vessels dake a Marine Department. Lokacin da aka kirkiri Nigerian Navy a shekarar 1956, an maida shi bangaren Navy a matsayin sub-lieutenant.