Oyo Police Broker Peace Over Toluwanisings’ Burial Dispute

The Oyo State Police Command has intervened within the dispute surrounding the burial preparations of late Nigerian singer Olayemi Bayonle Bolaji, popularly generally known as Toluwanisings, securing a peace settlement amongst his members of the family and associates.

The intervention adopted allegations of conspiracy, defamation and actions prone to breach public peace, which had sparked disagreements and exchanges on social media and different public platforms.

In an announcement issued on Tuesday, the Command mentioned the Commissioner of Police, Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, took up the matter after receiving stories of the dispute on October 28, 2026. He subsequently invited all involved events to the police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, for mediation.

According to the police, the assembly held on November 3 ended with the events signing a peace enterprise earlier than the Commissioner of Police.

Those current included the singer’s spouse, Mrs Olayemi Elizabeth Damilola; his father, Mr Muniru Olayemi; buddies and associates equivalent to Oyindamola Esther, Babadunni Gbolabo, and Comrade Lawal Ademola Rafiu; in addition to the late singer’s private assistant and different representatives.

Under the settlement, all events pledged to keep up peace, exhibit good conduct and keep away from actions able to escalating tensions over the singer’s loss of life and burial preparations.

The events additionally agreed to halt public exchanges, interviews and discussions that might worsen the disagreement. In addition, they undertook to cease the dissemination of allegations, narratives and publications referring to the matter by social media, blogs, radio, print media and different communication channels.

The settlement extends to proxies, brokers, associates and representatives of all events, with all sides anticipated to discourage any publication or exercise able to reigniting the dispute.

Commissioner Olugbenga warned that the phrases of the enterprise should be revered, stressing that anybody who exploits the circumstances surrounding the singer’s loss of life to advertise hostility, unfold unverified allegations or disrupt public peace would face authorized penalties.

The Police Command additionally appealed to members of the general public, media practitioners and bloggers to train restraint and keep away from circulating unverified info that might gasoline additional tensions.

The Command reaffirmed its dedication to sustaining public order and acknowledged that any conduct amounting to a prison offence could be handled in accordance with the regulation.

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