How Toluwanisings was rushed to seven hospitals, but none could save him, PA reveals

By Segun Adebayo

The final hours of gospel singer Toluwanisings were marked by a desperate race against time as his crew and family members scrambled to save his life after he suddenly slumped in the early hours of Tuesday.

Babaduni Gbolabo, his personal assistant, in an interview recounted the frantic last-minute efforts to get medical help for the singer, revealing how they moved from one hospital to another in the hope of reviving him.

Gbolabo said he was not present when the incident occurred but received an urgent call asking him to come immediately after the singer slumped.

By the time he arrived, the situation had triggered a desperate search for medical attention, with those around the singer hoping that doctors could still bring him back.

“We rushed him to UCH first, but they were on strike. We had to start moving from one hospital to another. We took him to about seven or eight hospitals, but nothing could be done,” he said.

The tragedy was made more painful by the fact that Toluwanisings had performed in Ibadan on Monday, just hours before his death, without showing any obvious sign of illness or weakness.

According to Gbolabo, nobody around the singer saw the tragedy coming. Even when he woke up that morning, there was apparently no indication that his life would take such a sudden and devastating turn.

The abruptness of his death has left those closest to him struggling to understand how a day that began without any obvious warning could end in such heartbreak.

News of his passing has also sent shockwaves through the gospel music community, with fellow performers and fans expressing grief over the loss of the singer.

Among those who have reacted to the tragedy are Woli Agba, Bidemi Olaoba, Boye Best and Ola Best, who have joined others in expressing shock over his death.

Gbolabo disclosed that the family was still meeting to determine the next line of action, including arrangements following the singer’s death.

“The family is currently meeting to decide the next line of action. When everything has been concluded, we will brief the media,” he said.

For the singer’s family, crew and admirers, the memory of his final hours will remain a painful one: a frantic search for help, several hospitals visited and desperate hopes of a rescue that ultimately never came.