Ogun REC slumps, dies after meeting in Abuja

An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun State has died after reportedly slumping in Abuja on Monday evening. The cause of his death is not yet known.

The Ogun INEC REC, identified as Barrister Niyi Ijalaye, slumped and died after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters.

A source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, revealed that the former REC had returned to his hotel room after the meeting before the incident occurred.

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.

Further details disclosed that the administrator, who was lively throughout the commission’s meeting, retired to a hotel in the Federal Capital Territory before his death.

The meeting, according to the remarks of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, which were 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.

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Barrister Ijalaye was posted to Ogun State in March 2022 following the transfer of Olusegun Agbaje to Lagos State. Further details revealing the cause of his death have not been fully identified at the time of filing this report.