Former Adviser to Governor Igbinedion, Okharedia-Ihimekpen is Dead.

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By Lucky Isibor.


A veteran journalist and former Adviser to former firmer Governor Igbinedion, Mr. Sylvester Okharedia-Ihimekpen is dead. He died last Thursday after a protracted illness.
Sylvester Okharedia-Ihimekpen was Special Adviser to former Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion on Media and Communication. 
A a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, prolific writer, social critic and crusader, Okharedia-Ihimekpen floated several local tabloids which he used to propagate his call for good governance and the enthronement of an egalitarian society.

Late Sylvester Okharedia-Ihimekpen.

In a statement by the Ihimekpen family of Ekpoma signed by Akhere Ihimekpen said the burial of Sylvester Okharedia-Ihimekpen has been fixed for Friday the 19th of August at Emuhi, Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
He was aged 65.

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