The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye is dead.
Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
A source within Ogun INEC, who spoke under anonymity, said the Ondo-born REC who was appointed as Ogun State’s REC in March 2022, following the transfer of his predecessor, Olusegun Agbaje, to Lagos State had returned to his hotel room after actively participating in all discussions during the meeting before the incident happened.
The commission is yet to issue a confirmation statement on the reported death.