Late Orisabunmi Brother, Onishola, Dies After Sister’s Recent Demise

Late Onishola and Orisabunmi

Coach Steve Onishola, the Technical Director of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin, has kicked the bucket.

Onishola died barely 24 hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu, a Nollywood actress, popularly called Orisabunmi, died at 60.

Dr Joseph Adeyemo, the State Chairman of the association, confirmed the death in Ilorin on Thursday.

The late basketball coach was said to have transited beyond at 71 on Thursday in Ilorin, following a brief illness.

The deceased had served as the Manager of Falcons on different occasions before he assumed the club’s technical director.

He was part of the Falcons’ team that secured promotion for the club to the elite division in 2013.

He was also a member of the Silver-winning team at the 2018 edition of the Kwese Premier League.

Onishola was also among the first set to coach the club, which was founded between the late 1970s and 1980s.

Before his death, he was a member of the Board of Kwara Basketball Association.

“We are very sad by this unfortunate incident. In fact, we can’t find the right word to describe this moment.

“Coach Onishola was the symbol of basketball in Kwara, he was one of the most brilliant coaches of the game in Nigeria.

“The entire basketball family extends its deepest condolences to the deceased’s family and loved ones,” Adeyemo announced.