Reported by: Oahimire Omone Precious | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
Prominent Nigerian Zion gospel musician Lekan Remilekun has made a heartbreaking revelation about a wound that has refused to heal for more than two decades: his father, legendary gospel singer Dr Remilekun Amos, has been missing since November 2000, and no trace of him has ever been found. The gospel minister, also widely known as Omo Dafidi, shared the emotional story during a recent interview on the Talk to B podcast, hosted by Biola Bayo, aired on YouTube on 3 July 2026. In the podcast, which has since gone viral, Remilekun recounted the events of 4 November 2000, when his father, a celebrated figure in Nigeria's gospel music circuit, told the family he was travelling to Akure, the Ondo State capital, for a ministration engagement. He never returned.
Remilekun described his father as a legendary gospel musician who, though he never pastored a church, was in constant demand as a guest minister across the country, receiving invitations from January to December each year. The elder Amos was a titan of Ilaje and Zion gospel music, a man whose reputation had made him a sought-after voice across churches and crusades in Nigeria. Many of the songs that people attribute to Lekan Remilekun today were originally written and sung by his father, the younger singer revealed. "He was popular, but he didn't have money. And he's not seen it as anything. He's contented," Remilekun recalled.
Expressing the profound pain of unresolved grief, Remilekun invoked a Yoruba proverb that has become a recurring refrain in his story: "Omo eni ku, o San ju omo eni sonu lo" — a dead child is better than a missing or lost child. "26 years counting now. My children are asking me to tell them about grandpa. No one can feel the pain more than the victim, which is me," he said. The singer explained that his own children and grandchildren, whom his father has never met, have begun asking who he is, forcing him to revisit a wound that time alone has not healed.
The disappearance of Dr Remilekun Amos fractured not just a family but an entire musical dynasty. Lekan Remilekun has spent the better part of two decades trying to walk in his father's footsteps, releasing his debut tribute album in 2002, just two years after his father vanished, and continuing to release music that keeps his father's memory alive. He also established the Remilekun Amos International Gospel Ministry in honour of his father. Over the years, rumours circulated that the minister in charge of the church his father attended had something to do with the disappearance. However, Lekan firmly dismissed such claims as unfounded, stating that the minister allegedly linked to the case had died long before the rumours gained attention, and the individual who reportedly confessed also passed away soon after.
The case was reported to the police, and investigations were carried out, but all proved baseless. "Only God knows what transpired; that's why we have left it all for God to judge," Remilekun said. For more than two and a half decades, the disappearance of Dr Remilekun Amos has stood as a stark reminder of how missing persons cases can linger indefinitely, leaving survivors to carry both grief and unanswered questions across generations. The family has organised annual remembrance events in his father's honour, gatherings that have drawn prominent names in Nigerian gospel music.
Lekan Remilekun's story is also one of compounded tragedy. In 2009, he lost his mother to a brief illness at the age of 57. The pain was compounded by circumstance — he buried her on the same day he matriculated into the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). Despite financial struggles and delayed admission, he eventually gained entry into the university, where he studied Physics/Electronics. Though he once dreamed of becoming a university lecturer, he said divine calling redirected his path fully into gospel music. Today, he has released nine gospel albums, while his late father released 14.
For now, Evangelist Lekan Remilekun Amos says he will keep telling his father's story — not because he expects it to solve the mystery, but because, for his children's sake, someone has to. As he put it in the podcast interview: "No one can feel the pain more than the victim, which is me". The mystery of what happened to Dr Remilekun Amos in November 2000 remains unsolved, and for a son who has spent 26 years without answers, the pain of not knowing endures.
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