Gospel singer Toluwanisings for burial today

The late gospel artist, Toluwanisings...Photo Credit: IG/ Toluwanisings

The burial of late gospel singer, Olayemi Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, is scheduled to hold on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State, weeks after his death on October 14, 2026.

An order of funeral arrangements was posted via the deceased official Instagram page on Monday, showing that the lying-in-state will hold from 9am to 10am, followed by a burial service from 10am to 11am.

The venue was given as Banjola Event and Conference Centre, No. 20, Hope Road, Alakia, Ibadan.

The poster, which carried the inscription, “Forever in our Hearts, always in our Lives,” did not state where the interment would take place.

The family had announced that the singer passed away in the early hours of 14 October 2026.

His father had reportedly proposed that he be buried at the house he built or beside his late mother in Osun State, while his wife was said to have opposed burying him at their home.

His family had also called for an investigation into his death and the suspension of the planned burial.

PUNCH ONLINE reports that the Oyo State Police Command had earlier brokered peace over the burial arrangements of the late singer following the information received by the state Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Abimbola, on October 28, 2026, concerning the disagreement between the deceased’s family and associates over the proposed burial arrangements, which had generated tensions and exchanges across various public communication platforms..

On November 3, the singer’s widow, Mrs Elizabeth Damilola Olayemi; his father, Mr Muniru Olayemi; and his friends and associates, including Oyindamola Esther, Babadunni Gbolabo and Lawal Ademola Rafiu, signed a peace undertaking before the commissioner.

Under the agreement, the parties pledged to stop public exchanges, interviews and social media publications about the disagreement.