Fresh details have surfaced about the final moments of Nigerian gospel singer Bunmi Akinnaanu<\/strong>, widely known as Omije Ojumi, who died at a Lagos hospital.<\/p>\n Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that her death was announced on Monday, January 12, 2026, by her colleague, Alayo Melody.<\/p>\n A close friend and colleague, Lanre Alewilese, has shared what the singer went through before she passed on.<\/p>\n In a viral video, he explained that in the weeks before her death, Omije Ojumi could neither open her eyes nor speak, showing how serious her condition had become.<\/p>\n According to him, watching her suffer was deeply painful.<\/p>\n Alewilese said he chose not to make her health issues public while she was alive.<\/p>\n He explained that there was no good news to share at the time and that informing the public would only have caused fear and worry without offering any hope.<\/p>\n He added that her struggle was difficult to witness, and keeping it private was his way of protecting both her dignity and her fans.<\/p>\n Speaking in Yoruba, he said in part: \u201c\u2026In the final weeks leading up to Omije Ojumi\u2019s death, she was unable to open her eyes or speak for weeks. I intentionally kept her condition a secret from the public because there was no positive update. I didn\u2019t want to worry anyone unnecessarily. She was struggling, and it was heartbreaking to see her like that\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The late gospel singer, who was 46 years old, had spent several months seeking spiritual healing for her illness.<\/p>\n During that period, a video of her praying and asking God for healing circulated widely online and drew concern from many Nigerians who followed her music and ministry.<\/p>\n Bunmi Akinnaanu was well known for her deep and soulful gospel songs, with Omije Ojumi standing out as one of her most popular works.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fresh details have surfaced about the final moments of Nigerian gospel singer Bunmi Akinnaanu, widely known as Omije Ojumi, who died at a Lagos hospital. Abia Radio News reports that her death was announced on Monday, January 12, 2026, by her colleague, Alayo Melody. A close friend and colleague, Lanre Alewilese, has shared what the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":239496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2324],"class_list":["post-239495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bunmi-akinnaanu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/915d0384-6b16-43bb-87db-75fb9b38b3e7.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}