Chai! My people, e don be like movie as gospel singer, Bunmi Akinaanu wey everybody sabi as Omije Ojumi don go meet her Maker. This wahala take place on January 12, 2026, for Lagos, after she battle plenty health matter.
As e be now, her family don release arrangement wey go happen for her burial. Dem say dem go hold Service of Songs, Candle Night Procession and Artiste Night on January 20, 2026, for LTV 8 Complex, Ikeja. This one na big gathering wey fans and colleagues go fit come celebrate her life.
Dem go buried her on January 21, 2026, and e go be private, just for family and her close friends. Na wetin dem call “strictly for family and allies.” This girl shine bright for gospel music, and everybody wey hear her music fit tell you say na true.
She don dey sing since she be 10 years old, and even leave banking work just to follow her music passion. Her songs like Omije Ojumi, O Ti Sure, Dabira, Alatileyinmi and Ma-Sunkun-Mo don bless many lives for Naija and beyond.
After her passing, plenty tributes don pour for social media. Actress Bimpe Akintunde, wey dey follow her work, write on Instagram, “RIP beautiful soul. Rest easy, Akorin Ogo. Your music get level.” Na so e be. Fans too dey share their own memories. For X, Timmy Sax write, “The agony and pain of unanswered prayers. Rest easy Big Sis. Bunmi Akinaanu.”
One fan wey dey go by @bubble_minakei talk about how dem dey chant her name from church choir days, how she dey always bring light and joy. E be like say everybody wey know her feel the loss deeply.
Even her colleagues for gospel music naim dey express shock and sorrow. Alayo Melody, wey first bring the news of her passing, don thank everybody wey support her during her sickness and praise the peeps wey dey stand by her till the end.
But you know as Naija be, debate don start for social media after some people bring out “prophecy” wey say she suppose pray against “spiritual battles” as if e no plenty wahala wey she don face. This one don scatter ground with some people dey talk about her illness and how she go leave this world.
No matter wetin, we go always remember Bunmi Akinaanu for her sweet music and the joy wey she don bring to many hearts. May her soul rest in peace.
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