The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lost the Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Niyi Ijalaye to cold hand of death.
Ijalaye was reported slumped and died after a meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
A source within the Commission confirmed that Mr. Niyi Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening, shortly after attending a crucial meeting in Abuja.
The source added that the Resident Electoral Commissioner had returned to his hotel room, when the tragic incident occurred.
The meeting, presided over by the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, centered 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 spirit before the death later in the evening.
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