Rukayat Gawat Oyefeso, a popular Nigerian Islamic singer, has reportedly passed away.
On Tuesday morning, a cleric named Alfa Aribidesi At-Tawdeeh Islamic Da’awah announced her death on his Facebook page.
He wrote: “Our Sympathy goes to the family of Ruqayat Gawat for this great lost! May Allah forgive her shortcomings! RUQAYAT GAWAT IS GONE!”
Jubril Gawat, a relative of the artist and Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, revealed Rukayat’s death in a post on X (previously Twitter) on Tuesday morning.
“Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.” Q 2 V 156,” he tweeted.
Quoting the same tweet and sending his condolences, Sanwo-Olu’s aide, Gboyega Akosile said: ““Ina lillahi waina ilaehi rajiun” May the Almighty Allah, who is the giver and taker of life console the family of my dear brothers @Mr_JAGs @tfk_gawat on the demise of our beloved sister, Rukayat.
“May Aljannah firdaus be her permanent home. May Allah grant you the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.”
