The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for Ogun State, Mr. Niyi Ijalaye, is dead.
Mr. Ijalaye reportedly slumped and died on Monday in Abuja after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters.
The cause of death is unknown.
A source who pled anonymity said the Ondo-born administrator, who was lively throughout the Commission’s meeting, had returned to his hotel room after the meeting before he passed on.
The meeting, which was highlighted by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a post on the Commission’s official Facebook page, focused on the two off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States and seven vacant positions in the National and State Assemblies.
Mr. Niyi Ijalaye assumed the position of Ogun State‘s REC in March 2022 after his predecessor, Olusegun Agbaje, was transferred to Lagos State.
There has been no official statement from the Commission regarding the reported death.