Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, the Nigerian gospel singer popularly known as Toluwanisings, has been laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo state, weeks after his death.
He was buried on Monday at his residence, the home where his
wife and children live, in a private ceremony witnessed only by family members,
following a peace deal brokered by the Oyo state police command.
The lying-in-state was held at about 9 a.m. at the Banjola
Event and Conference Centre, No. 20, Hope Road, Alakia, and was followed by a
burial service at 10 a.m.
The singer’s body was then taken to his residence, where he was laid to rest in a ceremony witnessed only by family members.
His death was announced on October 14, though the cause was
not made public.
The burial arrangements soon became a source of conflict.
Paternal relatives pushed for a postponement until an
investigation into his death was concluded, with Lawal Ademola Rauf, his uncle,
stating the family wanted the singer interred in Ikirun, Osun state, beside his
late mother.
He went further, threatening to exhume the body should the
singer be buried in a cemetery.
The family alleged that Olayemi Elizabeth Damilola, the
singer’s widow, wanted him buried in a cemetery.
However, gospel singer Lanre Alewilese later disclosed that
the family and widow had reached an agreement to bury him at his Ibadan
residence.
Toluwanisings, known for his song ‘A Very Big God’, gained
wider attention through his energetic worship ministrations.
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