Popular comedian and gospel minister Woli Agba has poured out his grief over the sudden death of gospel singer Toluwanisings, revealing in an emotional Instagram story that the very fear the late minister often voiced about Nigeria’s healthcare system ultimately claimed his life. The heartbreaking comments have intensified public mourning and sparked fresh conversations about the country’s emergency medical challenges.
Toluwanisings, whose real name was Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at the age of 41. The family confirmed the news in a statement on his Instagram page, describing him as a beloved husband, family member and gospel minister with the Toluwani Gospel Music Ministry.
Read “He Passed Away” – Toluwanisings’ Family Announces Singer’s Death
His personal assistant later recounted that the singer was rushed to between seven and eight hospitals in the city, with some facilities citing a doctors’ strike while others declined to admit him.
Read “Hospitals Rejected Him!” — PA Reveals Toluwanisings’ Final Hours
In his raw Instagram story, Woli Agba struggled to process the loss.
“This is messing up with my mind in ways I can’t even begin to express. Oh Lord! We are not smarter! We are not better! We are not immortal! …YOU remain unquestionable! And we judge YOU faithful! Ahhhh! Ohhhh! Life? It’s like this? Slumped and died?” he wrote.
He went further to highlight a painful irony that has resonated widely.
“What he feared most and talked about repeatedly was what eventually affected him. He said many times, if not for anything, he’ll consider going abroad just because of Nigeria’s unreliable healthcare system.”
Woli Agba, who had earlier urged the public not to conclude the worst while prayers continued, later posted a formal tribute calling the death a “Sunset at Midday.”
In subsequent posts he also shared the anguish of the singer’s widow, who asked him where her husband was, leaving him struggling for words as she recalled their last ordinary moment preparing to take their daughter to school.
Read Toluwanisings: Woli Agba Shattered by Widow’s Heartbreaking Question
Social media personality VeryDarkMan has also weighed in with a strongly worded video reaction that has amplified the anger surrounding the circumstances.
“Gospel artist Toluwansings passed on. According to the story, after his performance at a gospel event, he came back home and slumped minutes later. It is said that he was rushed to seven different hospitals, but unfortunately, they were all on strike, and eventually he gave up the ghost,” VDM said.
He continued:
“If we don’t save ourselves from this evil government, no one will. Imagine dying because of a basic thing as primary healthcare. Why? Explain why hospitals are on strike? How can hospitals be on strike? We are not talking about a university, a hospital, for crying out loud! What kind of government allows hospitals to go on strike?”
He accused officials of relying on private facilities and jets while ordinary citizens face such barriers.
The outpouring from Woli Agba, VDM and other voices has turned the tragedy into a broader reflection on healthcare access in Nigeria. While the family has yet to release an official cause of death and burial arrangements remain pending, the personal accounts of those closest to Toluwanisings continue to underscore both the suddenness of the loss and the systemic frustrations that compounded it.