Tope Alabi Threatens To Sue Pastor Over Allegations Linking Her To Toluwanisings’ Death

Gospel singer Tope Alabi has threatened authorized motion towards a Canada-based pastor, recognized as Tayo Kumuyi, also called Pastor Tayo Ministries, over allegations linking her to the loss of life of gospel minister Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly often called Toluwanisings, and different ministers.

Alabi’s solicitors, Oakmount Legal Practitioners, issued a cease-and-desist letter dated October 24, 2026, demanding the elimination of the publications, a retraction and an apology from the operators of the Facebook web 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 authorized doc, posts printed between October 20 and 24 allegedly accused Alabi of involvement in homicide and ritual killing, together with claims linking her to the deaths of a number of gospel ministers.

Rejecting the allegations, the attorneys 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 writer to supply proof 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 web 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.”

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They additionally rejected the presentation of the accusations as non secular 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 attorneys claimed that the publications had attracted lots of of reactions, feedback and shares, including that feedback beneath them indicated that readers have been believing the allegations.

The letter additionally cited a subsequent publish allegedly directed at Alabi after she issued a public discover warning towards defamation on October 23.

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

They described the assertion 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 additional acknowledged that their consumer regarded the publications with “the utmost gravity”, including that posts made after her public discover can be relied upon as proof of what they described as malice and an intention to proceed the alleged defamation.

On the authorized implications, the letter acknowledged, “The publications complained of are, in our client’s view, actionable in libel under the applicable law.”

It added that the statements “impute serious criminal conduct to our client and are capable of gravely injuring her personal reputation, professional standing and ministry”.

The attorneys additionally argued that the non secular framing of the claims didn’t routinely exempt them from authorized scrutiny, stating, “The fact that the statements are presented as spiritual revelations or religious opinions does not, without more, exempt their publication from the ordinary requirements of the law.”

They mentioned the authorized implications can be assessed primarily based on “the actual words used, their contest and the applicable law”.

Addressing the recipient’s reported residence in Canada, the solicitors argued that it didn’t essentially protect the individual from authorized motion.

The letter acknowledged, “You published these statements on a public platform, in Yoruba and English, about a Nigerian public figure, concerning the death of a Nigerian minister, and to a Nigerian audience of followers.”

It added that the publications “were read, shared and believed in Nigeria, which is where our client lives and works and where her reputation has been damaged”.

The attorneys consequently demanded that the recipient take away the offending posts, cease additional publication of the allegations, withdraw requests for others to share them and stop making statements they described as threatening or harassing.

They additionally directed the recipient to protect all related proof, together with publications, recordings, messages, drafts and obtainable account information.

The letter acknowledged, “Removal from public view must not involve the destruction or alteration of evidence.”

In addition to the elimination calls for, the solicitors requested an unreserved retraction and apology on the identical Facebook web page, to stay pinned for 14 consecutive days and obtain prominence moderately equal to that of the unique publications.

They additional requested the recipient to determine the factual foundation and supporting materials for any allegations maintained, and to substantiate whether or not the claims had been reported to the Nigeria Police Force or one other competent authority.

Warning of doable authorized motion if the calls for weren’t met inside 24 hours, the attorneys wrote, “Take notice that this is our client’s final demand.”

They listed doable steps, together with court docket proceedings for declaratory and injunctive aid, damages and prices, functions for interlocutory aid the place legally justified, complaints to Meta Platforms and referrals of the alleged threats to legislation enforcement.

The letter additionally acknowledged that Alabi reserved the appropriate to hunt “general damages and, where legally justified by the evidence, aggravated or exemplary damages”, alongside prices and different obtainable cures.

However, the solicitors clarified that the calls for weren’t supposed to stop legit reporting or lawful commentary, stating, “Nothing in this letter is intended to prevent truthful reporting, lawful investigation or legitimate commentary protected by law.”

The letter was signed by Toluwanimi Okunade of Oakmount Legal Practitioners, appearing for Alabi.

Toluwanisings, whose actual identify was Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, died on October 14, 2026, aged 41.

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