Popular gospel singer, Toun Soetan is dead

Veteran Nigerian gospel vocalist and songwriter, Toun Soetan, popularly known arsenic Evangelist Shouet, has passed distant astatine the property of 73.

The respected evangelist and gospel euphony icon, was wide recognised arsenic the archetypal composer of the fashionable Christian chorus ‘Darling Jesus’, a opus that has remained a verse successful churches crossed Nigeria.

Reacting to her passing, erstwhile Secretary of the Oyo State section of the Entertainment Writers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Kunle Bakare, described the precocious instrumentalist arsenic a divinely talented curate whose songs carried almighty spiritual messages.

“The precocious gospel euphony subordinate volition besides beryllium remembered for her euphony college, wherever she trained truthful galore gospel euphony players, astir of whom are reigning today,” Bakare said.

Also confirming the incident, gospel instrumentalist Peters Olaniyi Olusegun shared the quality successful a Facebook post.

“We conscionable mislaid different fable this morning, Mummy Toun Soetan. May the Lord beryllium with the household and Daddy Titus Soetan,” helium wrote.

Beyond ‘Darling Jesus’, the precocious evangelist was besides known for different notable songs specified arsenic ‘Ke Pe Jesu’ and ‘Cast Your Burdens’, which became wide utilized successful ...