CITIZENS COMPASS— A popular Gospel singer, Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, is dead.
The death was announced on Wednesday though the circumstances surrounding it could not be established.
His colleague and convener of the Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA), Barr Pelumi Olajengbesi, took to social media to announce this.
Olajegbesi mourned the departed singer saying: We say no to untimely death.
My God! What a life! No, Lord! We plead for Your mercy upon Toluwanisings.
I am deeply troubled by the deaths of young men and women. This is not God’s plan for us”.
Reacting to the sad news, a popular comedian, Ayobami Ajewole, popularly known as Woli Agba posted on his social media handles this: “Please hold on. Please don’t conclude. We are trusting God. Please.”
Responding in the comments section, singer Boyebest wrote, “Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, I have faith in God. I do. God, you’ll do this one.”
Toluwasings came into the limelight in the last few years through Gospel medley.
One of his popular songs is, “Kabiyesi Olorun ayo, eni mimo fufun balawu, akawe o si, la’ye l’orun o, b’e to n be, l’e o maa be…”
B’eti nbe l’e o maa be…
He hails from Ikirun, Osun State.
His death was announced barely three months after Toluwanisings and his crew members survived an autocrash after a fully loaded trailer nearly crushed their tour bus while they were returning from a ministration.
The accident occurred in July 2026.
