By joshua 
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City
A veteran journalist and a former media aide during Governor lucky igbinedion’s administration,Mr.Sylvester Okharedia Ihimekpen is dead.
He was said to have died last Thursday after a brief illness.
Sylvester Okharedia Ihimekpen served as Special Adviser to former Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion on Media and Communication.
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, was the leader of the Rainbow Group, a non governmental organization, which he used in campaigning against social evils.
A statement issued by the Ihimekpen family of Emuhi ,Ekpoma Esan West Local Government Area of Edo state ,signed by Akhere Ihimekpen said the burial of SylvesterOkharedia-Ihimekpen has been fixed for Friday the 19th of August 2020 at Emuhi, Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.