Toluwanisings: Gospel singer set for burial in Ibadan today

Nigerian gospel singer Olayemi Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, is scheduled to be laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, November 9, weeks after his death.

The funeral arrangements, announced on the late singer’s official Instagram page, indicate that the lying-in-state will take place between 9am and 10am, followed by a burial service scheduled for 10am to 11am.

The ceremony is expected to hold at Banjola Event and Conference Centre, No. 20, Hope Road, Alakia, Ibadan. However, the funeral announcement did not disclose the specific location where the singer would be interred.

Toluwanisings died in the early hours of October 14, 2026, with his family announcing his passing in a statement shared on his social media accounts.

His burial arrangements had been delayed by disagreements between his father, Muniru Olayemi, and his widow, Elizabeth Damilola, over his final resting place.

While his father reportedly favoured burying him at the house he built in Ibadan or beside his late mother in Ikirun, Osun State, his widow was said to have opposed the proposed burial at their residence.

The disagreement also prompted members of the singer’s paternal family to demand an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death and call for the suspension of the burial arrangements.

The Oyo State Police Command subsequently intervened to prevent the disagreement from escalating.

On November 3, the singer’s widow, father, friends and associates signed a peace undertaking at the command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, following an intervention by the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Abimbola.

Under the agreement, the parties committed to maintaining peace and refraining from public interviews, social media publications and other exchanges capable of reigniting tensions surrounding the singer’s death and burial.

The development paved the way for the burial arrangements to proceed after weeks of uncertainty.