Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ogun State, Barrister Olaniyi Ijalaye is dead.
The Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner had returned to his hotel room after the meeting when the incident occurred.
It was further disclosed that the Ondo-born administrator who was said to be lively throughout the commission’s meeting, retired to a Hotel in the Federal Capital Territory before his death.
Barrister Ijalaye who was dressed in a blue striped Kaftan with a red cap was seen in one of the pictures posted by the commission on its timeline during the meeting.
He was posted to Ogun State in March 2022 following the transfer of Olusegun Agbaje to Lagos State.
The cause of his death is not yet known.