The father of late singer Mohbad has entered the heated family dispute surrounding the burial of gospel artiste Toluwanisings, delivering a pointed message about parental rights and the dangers of rushed judgment. In a video that has circulated widely, Joseph Aloba expressed deep sadness over the gospel singer’s passing while urging Nigerians to think carefully before taking sides in private family matters.
Toluwanisings, whose full name was Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, died on October 14, 2026, in Ibadan after reportedly slumping. His death quickly sparked disagreement between his father, Muniru Adekunle Olayemi, and his widow over where he should be laid to rest. The father has pushed for a burial either in the house his son built or beside the late singer’s mother in Ikirun, Osun State. The widow has reportedly preferred a cemetery or church ground, saying she would find it difficult to live in a home that also serves as her husband’s final resting place.
Speaking in the video shared online, Mohbad’s father avoided naming Toluwanisings directly at first but made his broader point clear.
“Everything we do in this world must be approached with caution. I will not speak directly about the late gospel singer Toluwanisings, whose death has left me deeply saddened. However, I want us to reflect on an important question: What lessons are we teaching our children?” he said.
He insisted that parents who sacrifice for their children deserve to enjoy the results of those efforts.
“Let the owner of the child reap the reward of their child,” Aloba stated, adding that after years of struggle and investment in raising a child, fathers and mothers should not be shut out of the rewards.
He referenced one of his own songs that describes a father in rags while the child wears expensive clothes, suggesting that children eventually come to understand the depth of parental sacrifice.
Aloba acknowledged the comparisons some people have drawn between the Toluwanisings situation and the prolonged controversies that followed Mohbad’s own death in 2023. He cautioned against treating the two cases as identical.
“Some people have compared the situation to the case of Mohbad, but there are families whose challenges are even more complicated than what happened in that case. This is why we must be careful about passing judgment on situations we do not fully understand,” he explained.
He then highlighted what he sees as a striking difference in living standards within the Toluwanisings family circle.
“People are saying Toluwanisings’ case is like Mohbad’s but his father lives in a place where he pays ₦35k as rent while his mother-in-law lives in a house with AC. His wife married him and turned him against his family,” Aloba said.
The comments have added another layer to an already tense public conversation. Toluwanisings’ paternal relatives have called for a full investigation into the circumstances of his death before any burial takes place, while the disagreement over the burial site continues to dominate headlines. Mohbad’s father framed his intervention as a broader call for caution and respect for parents rather than a direct attack, yet the strong language about the wife’s alleged influence has kept the story trending.