Beautiful Nubia Accuses Yinka Ayefele And BBO Of Copying 1997 Melody

Nigerian folk singer Beautiful Nubia has accused gospel musicians Yinka Ayefele and fast-rising artist BBO of using the melody of his 1997 classic, Seven Lifes, without permission or credit.

Sharing his concerns on Thursday via his X account, the singer, whose real name is Segun Akinlolu, expressed frustration over what he described as repeated copyright infringement by fellow Nigerian musicians.

Beautiful Nubia cited Yinka Ayefele’s 2012 song My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti) and BBO’s 2026 track Amin as examples, claiming both drew heavily from the melody of Seven Lifes.

“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,’” he wrote. He also criticized gospel musicians in particular for neglecting intellectual property rights, asking, “When will Nigerians (especially the so-called gospel musicians) learn to respect copyright?”

Neither Yinka Ayefele nor BBO has responded publicly to the claims as of this report.