Toluwanisings: Leaked voice notes fuel outrage against singer’s family

Fresh voice notes allegedly involving late gospel singer, Olayemi Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, and some of his relatives have surfaced online, reigniting the family dispute days after his burial.

One of the recordings, shared by social media personality Yinka TNT, allegedly captured the singer complaining about repeated financial demands from members of his maternal family.

In the recording, Toluwanisings reportedly mentioned requests for N6m and N12m, saying the demands were affecting his plans to establish a business for his wife.

He said, “If anybody says I have not done enough, God will judge that person. The mother told me that I am not God and that he should not beg me again. I don’t have anything to do with his school fees again.”

Toluwanisings also allegedly lamented that the money he had planned to give his wife to start a business was being withheld because of the demands.

“The least money he is asking for is 6 million; I have to put off the money I’m supposed to give to my wife to start her business all because of Taye,” he said.

The recording attracted reactions on social media, with some users expressing sympathy for the widow and questioning the financial demands allegedly made by the relatives.

Another voice note, purportedly featuring the mother of a relative identified as Taye, later surfaced online. The woman reportedly defended her family, accusing the late singer of being ungrateful despite the assistance they had allegedly given him.

The woman was heard asking, “Have you forgotten all that I have done for you? Who is teaching you all this you are saying?”

Also responding to the controversy, another relative, Taiwo Olawoyin, denied claims that he had received money from the singer as a gift or influenced his decision not to establish a business for his wife.

Olawoyin said, “Ever since I have been in the UK, I have never been entitled to everything my brother gave me. He gave me £160. Where is this coming from? Why is she making up lies?”

He maintained that the decision not to establish a business for the widow was the singer’s personal choice.

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“Your husband did not open shop for you, not because of me. Your husband decided not to do all the stuff for you,” Olawoyin said.

He also dismissed suggestions that he had hindered his brother’s career or financial progress, saying the singer had built houses, organised shows and bought and sold cars without his interference.

“My brother has built houses, held several shows, bought and sold cars. I have never been a hindrance to his success,” Olawoyin added.

He further insisted that the money he received from the singer was a loan he intended to repay.

“This guy and I started from nothing, sharing one fish between us. Where was she then? So, if I asked my brother for money, I deserved it. Besides, I was not asking him for money as a gift; I borrowed it, and I am going to pay it back,” he added.

The controversy also drew a response from gospel singer Lanre Alewilese, who apologised to the widow over a N6m fundraising effort he organised for the tuition of the UK-based relative.

Alewilese said he acted on the information available to him at the time but later realised that the situation was different from what he had understood.

The latest development comes days after Toluwanisings was buried at his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, following weeks of disagreement between his widow, Elizabeth Olayemi, and members of his family over his final resting place.

His burial took place on Monday after a service at Banjola Event and Conference Centre, Alakia, Ibadan. His remains were later taken to his residence for interment.

Toluwanisings’ family, particularly his father, Muniru Olayemi, had opposed a cemetery burial, insisting that his son should be laid to rest at his residence or beside his late mother in Ikirun, Osun State.

The Oyo State Police Command later intervened, and the parties signed a peace undertaking before the Commissioner of Police, Abimbola Olugbenga, on November 3, agreeing to maintain peace and avoid further public exchanges.

However, the emergence of the alleged recordings has reopened the family controversy, shifting attention from the burial disagreement to the singer’s financial dealings and relationships with his relatives.