Islamic Singer Rukayat Gawat Is Dead
Popular Nigerian Islamic singer, Rukayat Gawat Oyefeso has passed away.
The news of her death was shared by popular Ilorin-based cleric Alfa Aribidesi At-Tawdeeh Islamic Da’awah on his official Facebook page on Tuesday morning.
Her loss is deeply felt among her fans and the broader Islamic music scene – with the news of her death widely shared.
Meanwhile, a family member and a brother to the deceased, Jubril A Gawat has confirmed this sad news.
Jubril, who is a Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu quoted a Quran verse on his X account on Tuesday morning.
His post read, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.” Q 2 V 156
His post has garnered so much traction with followers and associates expressing their condolences.
However, circumstances surrounding her death are still sketchy
Meanwhile, a colleague of the deceased, Alhaja Misturah Aderounmu, popularly known as TeminiSuccess1 via her TikTok account posted on Monday afternoon a post about the vanity of life.
Reactions from fans were uncertain as to what prompted her post not until this morning when the news of Gawat’s death went viral.
Her post captioned in a video of her being morose read, “In the spirit of hustling, may we not be brought home dead.”
The deceased is the daughter of popular broadcaster and Islamic presenter, Alhaji Rasaq Aremu Gawat who mysteriously disappeared with no details of his whereabouts known until now.