A Toluwanisings children scholarship has been pledged by Ibraheem Luqman, the APM candidate for Osun Central senatorial district, who has also offered to house the late gospel singer's father. According to Pulse Nigeria, the offer covers full educational support for the singer's two children. It comes from a politician seeking votes, and it is not yet clear that the family has accepted.
The pledge arrives while the singer's family is still divided over his burial, and while relatives are asking for an inquiry into how he died.
What Luqman has offered the family
The offer was made in a statement from Luqman's campaign organisation on Wednesday, 28 October 2026. The statement was titled "Ibraheem Adekunle Offers Housing, Scholarships to Late Toluwanisings' Family", Pulse reported.
Luqman sent a team to Ikirun to meet the singer's father, Muniru Adekunle Olayemi. The visit was described as a condolence call. The housing plan would relocate Olayemi to decent accommodation within Ikirun.
A delegate said in a video that the arrangement would run for at least two years, so that the elderly man could have "peace of mind". The same delegate said Luqman wants to sponsor the children's education up to higher institution level, and asked for Olayemi's permission. He described the late singer as "one of the stars of Ikirun".
Legit.ng reports that the scholarship would run from the children's current educational levels through university.
A politician's gesture, and an open question
The campaign organisation said the gesture reflects Luqman's concern for vulnerable people. It added that he believes community responsibility should be part of public service.
That framing matters, because Luqman is a candidate and not a neutral donor. Readers can weigh the Toluwanisings children scholarship as a kindness to a grieving family and also as a public act by someone seeking office. The two are not mutually exclusive, but they are worth keeping in view.
There is also no confirmation that the offer has been taken up. At the time of Pulse's filing, it was not clear whether Olayemi had accepted it. Until the family responds, the pledge remains an offer rather than an arrangement.
The video that prompted the offer
The offer followed a viral video by content creator Dunmininu Kingdom. He recorded the father's one-room house in Ikirun, showing dilapidated sections of it, and appealed for help for the elderly man.
The footage drew sympathy. It also drew criticism from Nigerians who questioned whether it was appropriate to show a grieving family's living conditions.
Dunmininu defended his coverage. According to another Legit.ng report, he appealed to the burial committee and the Nigerian public to remember the father, whom he described as suffering and in need of urgent support.
The singer and the dispute around his death
Toluwanisings, whose real name is Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, died on 14 October after reportedly slumping at his home in Ibadan. Galaxy TV reported that he died in the early hours of that Wednesday, at the age of 41. His family announced the death on his official social media accounts.
A family dispute over his burial followed. The father wants his son buried in the house he built, or taken to Ikirun to lie beside his late mother. The widow, Akanbi Elizabeth, reportedly prefers a cemetery.
Relatives have also called for an investigation into the circumstances of his death. His paternal uncle, Lawal Ademola, appealed to the government, community leaders and law enforcement authorities to look into the matter.
The family has launched a support fund titled "A Call for Love & Support" to help the widow and children. That fund exists alongside the Toluwanisings children scholarship pledge, and the reports do not say how the two might relate.
Roots in Osun
Toluwanisings was born in Osun State and based in Ibadan. In an old interview that resurfaced, as Legit.ng noted, he spoke about hawking wood, pap and palm kernel chaff in his village of Agba as a child, before finding fame.
That history helps explain the attention on his father's living conditions in Ikirun. Many in Osun saw in his rise a story of a hard start and later success.
What happens next
The immediate question is whether Olayemi accepts the housing and the scholarships. The delegate asked for his permission, which suggests the decision rests with him and, presumably, with the children's guardians.
Three matters remain unresolved:
- where the singer will be buried;
- whether any inquiry into his death goes ahead, since relatives have made the request but the reports do not show that any authority has responded;
- whether the family accepts the offer of housing and scholarships.
If the offer is accepted, the practical details will matter most: where the father would live, who administers the scholarship, and how it would be paid. None of that has been spelled out in the reports so far.
