August 20, (THEWILL) – The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, Barr. Olaniyi Ijalaye, is dead.
Barr. Ijalaye reportedly slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters.
THEWILL gathered that Ijalaye had returned to his hotel room after the meeting before the incident happened.
Ijalaye was posted to Ogun State in March 2022, following the transfer of Olusegun Agbaje to Lagos State.
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