Oyo police broker peace as Toluwanisings' wife and father sign undertaking over burial
- The Oyo State Police Command brought the family of late gospel singer Toluwanisings together in Ibadan on Tuesday.
- His wife, Olayemi Elizabeth Damilola, and father, Muniru Olayemi, signed a peace undertaking before the Commissioner of Police.
- The parties agreed to stop public exchanges and social media posts about the burial dispute and the singer's death.
Oyo State Police Command don step into di dispute over where dem go bury late gospel singer Olayemi Bayonle Bolaji, wey pipo know as Toluwanisings. On Tuesday, im wife and im papa sign peace undertaking for di command headquarters for Eleyele, Ibadan.
Police tok say dem receive reports of di disagreement on October 28, 2026. E don spill into public exchanges online and for media, with allegations of conspiracy and defamation of character, according to statement by di command spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka.
Commissioner of Police Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga invite all parties to di headquarters to stop di matter from escalating.
Who sign, and wetin dem agree
Those wey sign na di singer wife, Olayemi Elizabeth Damilola; im papa, Muniru Olayemi; and friends and associates Oyindamola Esther, Babadunni Gbolabo and Lawal Ademola Rafiu. Im personal assistant and other representatives also dey present.
Under di undertaking, di parties agree to keep peace, avoid anything wey fit cause breach of am, and stop public interviews and discussions about di burial and di singer death.
Dem also agree to stop posting or spreading allegations and narratives on social media, radio, blogs and for print, and to make sure their associates and representatives do di same.
Police quote di commissioner as warning say di agreement must be respected. He say anybody wey im actions break law go dey arrested and prosecuted.
Di command also ask bloggers, journalists and members of public to avoid spreading unverified information wey fit stir up tension again.
Why e matter
Toluwanisings die for Ibadan on October 14, 2026, after reportedly slumping. Im death draw wide attention after claims say hospitals turn am away while pipo try to get am emergency care.
Im personal assistant, Babadunni Gbolabo, allege say dem carry di singer go seven or eight hospitals before he die. University College Hospital, Ibadan, say e no get record showing dem bring am there.
Di burial row reportedly centre on im papa wish to bury am for di house he build or beside im late mother for Osun State, wey im wife bin oppose.
For fans and family, di police action mean di argument over im final resting place go now dey handled quietly instead of for public.
Wetin happen next
Police no tok where or when dem go bury di singer. Di parties expected to honour di undertaking, and di command say any conduct wey amount to criminal offence go still dey handled under law.
