The burial of late gospel singer Olayemi Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, is scheduled to take place on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State, weeks after his death on October 14, 2026.
The funeral arrangements were announced in a poster shared on the singer’s official Instagram page on Monday. According to the announcement, the lying-in-state will take place from 9am to 10am, followed by a burial service scheduled for 10am to 11am.
The venue was listed 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 disclose the location where the singer would be buried.
Toluwanisings’ family had earlier announced that he died in the early hours of October 14, 2026.
Following his death, a disagreement reportedly emerged over his burial arrangements. His father, Muniru Olayemi, was said to have proposed that the singer be buried at the house he built or beside his late mother in Osun State, while his widow, Mrs Elizabeth Damilola Olayemi, reportedly opposed the idea of burying him at their residence.
The disagreement also led the family to demand an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death and call for the suspension of the planned burial.
PUNCH Online reported that the Oyo State Police Command had intervened in the dispute after Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Abimbola received information about the disagreement on October 28, 2026.
The conflict between the singer’s family and associates had reportedly generated tension, with both sides engaging in exchanges across different public communication platforms.
On November 3, the singer’s widow, Elizabeth Damilola Olayemi; his father, Muniru Olayemi; and some of his friends and associates, including Oyindamola Esther, Babadunni Gbolabo and Lawal Ademola Rafiu, signed a peace undertaking before the police commissioner.
As part of the agreement, the parties pledged to refrain from further public exchanges, media interviews and social media publications concerning the burial disagreement.
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