INEC Commissioner slumps, dies, after meeting in Abuja
Story by Jane AISO
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Barrister Niyi Ijalaye is dead.
The sad event happened on Monday after a meeting of resident electoral commissioners at the commission’s headquarters Abuja.
It was gathered that Barrister Niyi Ijalaye has returned to his hotel room when he slumped and died.
It was further disclosed that the Ondo-born administrator was lively throughout the commission’s meeting before his death.
The meeting, according to the remarks of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor 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.
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Barrister Niyi 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.
Barrister Ijalaye was posted to Ogun State in March 2022 following the transfer of Olusegun Agbaje to Lagos State.
The cause of his death remains unknown as of press time.
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