The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is mourning its resident electoral commissioner (REC) for Ogun, Olaniyi Ijalaye.
Ijalaye died on Monday after attending the quarterly meeting of the commission in Abuja.
The commission, in a statement issued by Sam Olumekun, national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter education committee, in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed its deepest condolences to the immediate family of the late Ijalaye.
He prayed that God would grant the deceased eternal rest.
Born in 1958, Ijalaye assumed duty as Ogun REC on February 23, 2022.
He was a native of Owo, Ondo State.
Ijalaye graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1982 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983.
He also obtained a master’s degree in law from the same university in 1995.
