ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer Lovemore Chipunza Sekeramayi has died.
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He was 67.
Zec chairperson Justice Rita Makarau confirmed Sekeramayi’s death yesterday, but could not give details saying they were still preparing a Press statement.
“He has passed on. We are preparing a statement to the media. You can check with me in the next 20 minutes,” Justice Makarau said.
Efforts to contact her later on were fruitless as her mobile phone went unanswered.
Although circumstances leading to his death were sketchy last night, sources at Zec said Sekeramayi was found dead in his hotel room in Mauritius yesterday morning where was attending a meeting of Sadc chief elections officers.
Sekeramayi’s death comes two months after the commission lost another top-ranking official, Shupikai Mashereni, who was director of public relations at Zec. Sekeramayi, a former member of the Central Intelligence Organisation which falls under the President’s Office, presided over the highly disputed March 2008 elections.
