Izuchukwu OkosiThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has decried the recent armed robbery attack on the Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure that led to the demise of kit manager, Taiwo Dosunmu.
Dosunmu died from complications arising from bullet wounds when the team was waylaid by armed robbers earlier this month at the Benin-Ore road on their way to honour the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) game against Bendel Insurance.
The NFF expressed deep sense of sorrow over the loss but also thanked Edo State Government for the speedy response to the team’s situation.
President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau spoke to the Communications department of the Nigeria Football Federation saying: “This is a very sad development, but God is all-knowing and we can never question His wisdom.
“We appreciate the prompt response and kind gestures of His Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State Government as a whole following the unfortunate incident, even as we are deeply saddened by Dosunmu’s death.
“Our prayer is that Almighty God will grant the late Dosunmu eternal rest, and also grant his immediate family, relations and the Board and Management of Sunshine Stars FC, as well as the good people of Ondo State and the Nigeria Football fraternity the fortitude to bear the loss.”
A release by the club said Taiwo Dosunmu breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital after a series of surgeries by consultants at the facility.
The statement described the late Dosunmu as “a very hard-working individual who took his job with all sense of seriousness.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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