Ogun REC, Niyi Ijalaye slumps, dies after a meeting in Abuja

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, has slumped and died after a meeting at the headquarters in Abuja.

A source who spoke to Channels TV revealed that the former Resident Electoral Commissioner had returned to his hotel room after the meeting before the incident happened.

The cause of his death is yet unknown.

The meeting presided over by the INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, centred on the upcoming off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, as well as discussions on seven vacant positions in the National and State Assemblies.

Niyi Ijalaye, an Indigene of Ondo State was said to have participated actively during the meeting and was in good spirits before the death later in the evening.