Coach Steve Onishola, the Technical Director of Kwara Falcons Basketball Club of Ilorin, is dead.
Onishola died barely 24 hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu, a Nollywood actress, popularly known as Orisabunmi, passed on.
The State Chairman of the association, Dr. Joseph Adeyemo, confirmed the death of Onishola in Ilorin on Thursday.
The late basketball coach was said to have passed on at 71 following a brief illness.
The deceased was the Manager of Falcons on different occasions before he was appointed the club’s technical director. He was part of the Falcons’ team that secured promotion for the club to the elite division in 2013.
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Kwara Basketball Association chairman, Joseph Adeyemo, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Onishola died on Thursday, hours after his younger sister, Folake Aremu aka Orisabunmi passed away.
Onishola, 71, gave up the ghost after an illness.
He was a member of the Silver-winning team at the 2018 edition of the Kwese Premier League.
The deceased was a board member of the Kwara Basketball Association.
Adeyemo expressed sadness about his demise.
“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.