Top INEC official, slumps, dies in Abuja
The Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye is dead.
He slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.
A reliable source at the Ogun State INEC revealed that Barrister Ijalaye had returned to his hotel room after the meeting before the incident happened.
The Source further revealed that the Ondo born administrator who did not show any sign of sickness throughout the Commission’s meeting retired to Bon Octagon Hotel in the Federal Capital Territory where the incident happened.
The meeting, according to the remarks of the Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, which was posted on the verified timeline of the Commission on Facebook, focused on two off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, and seven vacant positions in the National and State Assemblies.
Ijalaye who was dressed in blue stripped Kaftan with a red cap to match, was seen on one of the pictures posted by the Commission on its timeline, during the meeting.
He was posted to Ogun State in March 2022 followimg the transfer of Olusegun Agbaje to Lagos State.
As at the time of filling in this report , no official statement regarding his death from either Ogun INEC or the National Headquarters had been received
