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I have 4,580 unread text messages, 2,300 WhatsApp chats on my iPhone – Ezra Chiloba

Chiloba
  • IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba’s public office is not for the faint of heart
  • The CEO showed me 4,580 unread text messages and 2,300 “untouched” WhatsApp that had bombarded his iPhone since the election
  • He reiterated that he was not the guy to cut deals with

Weary, wry but willful. This was the state of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) CEO Ezra Chiloba when we stumbled upon him at his sixth floor Anniversary Towers office on Friday afternoon.

After weeks of braving national limelight laced with threats, lust, catcalls and suspicion, the staunch Adventist was haggard.  

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