Folk music icon Beautiful Nubia has accused gospel artistes Yinka Ayefele and fast-rising singer BBO of copyright infringement, alleging that they unlawfully lifted melodies from his classic song Seven Lifes.
The artiste, whose real name is Segun Akinlolu, made the allegation on Thursday via his X (formerly Twitter) account, where he expressed frustration over what he described as the unauthorised use of his intellectual property.
In his post, Beautiful Nubia specifically referenced Ayefele’s 2012 gospel track My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti) and BBO’s 2026 song Amin, claiming that both compositions derived their core melodies from his 1997 folk hit Seven Lifes without permission or proper credit.
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?”
As of the time of filing this report, neither Ayefele nor BBO had issued an official response to the allegation.