Music News | 22 February 2026 09:31 CET

Song Theft: Beautiful Nubia Accuses Yinka Ayefele And BBO

By Oluwarantimi Oludase 

Contemporary folk singer, Segun Akinlolu, popularly known as Beautiful Nubia, has made an allegation of song theft against juju singer, Yinka Ayefele, and gospel worshipper, BBO.

The respected singer claimed that the duo copied the melody of his original song, “Seven Lifes."

On the popular microblogging platform, X formerly known as Twitter, he pointed out that Yinka Ayefele's 'My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti)' in 2012, had elements from his song, and now gospel singer, BBO did the same thing on his song 'Amin.'

He stressed the importance of copyright, and wondered when Nigerians would pay strong attention to it.

He wrote:
"There was Yinka Ayefele with ‘My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti)’ in 2012 and now someone called BBO with ‘Amin’ this year. Both stole their melodies from our original song ‘Seven Lifes.

"When will Nigerians, especially the so-called gospel musicians, learn to respect copyright?."

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