Gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has threatened to sue a Canada-based pastor, identified as Tayo Kumuyi also known as Pastor Tayo Ministries, over allegations linking her to the death of gospel minister, Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, and other ministers.

Alabi’s solicitors, Oakmount Legal Practitioners, issued a cease-and-desist letter dated October 24, 2026, demanding the removal of the publications, a retraction and an apology from the operators of the Facebook page, Pastor Tayo Ministries.

The letter, titled “Cease and Desist: Malicious and Defamatory Publications and Threats Against Our Client”, described itself as a “final demand for immediate removal, retraction and apology within twenty-four (24) hours”.

According to the legal document, posts published between October 20 and 24 allegedly accused Alabi of involvement in murder and ritual killing, including claims linking her to the deaths of several gospel ministers.

Rejecting the allegations, the lawyers wrote, “These statements accuse our client of murder and of ritual killing. There is no more serious allegation that can be made against a person, least of all a minister of the gospel. They are false in every particular.”

They challenged the publisher to provide evidence for the claims, stating, “You have produced no evidence, because none exists. No investigation, police finding or court decision supports a word of them.”

The letter added that Alabi “privately and publicly mourned the late Toluwanisings, and had no part in his death or in the death of anyone else”.

Accusing the page operator of exploiting public grief, the solicitors wrote, “You have taken the grief of a bereaved family and a nation, and turned it into a weapon against an innocent woman, for reasons best known to you.”

They also rejected the presentation of the accusations as spiritual revelations, stating, “Your conduct is not honest comment, and it is not ‘revelation’. It is a deliberate, reckless and malicious publication of falsehood to the world, repeated day after day, with a call to your followers to spread it further.”

The lawyers claimed that the publications had attracted hundreds of reactions, comments and shares, adding that comments beneath them indicated that readers were believing the allegations.

The letter also cited a subsequent post allegedly directed at Alabi after she issued a public notice warning against defamation on October 23.

Quoting the post, the solicitors wrote, “Tope Alabi, no letter will save you from my hand. Your only option is leaving your hiding place.”

They described the statement as threatening, saying, “That is not a response to a legal notice. It is a threat of harm, and an open declaration that you will continue.”

The solicitors further stated that their client regarded the publications with “the utmost gravity”, adding that posts made after her public notice would be relied upon as evidence of what they described as malice and an intention to continue the alleged defamation.