Nigerian Hip-hop twins, Peter and Paul Okoye of the popular stage name P-square,that dominated the Nigerian music industry for many years, have finally split.
According to a letter sent to their lawyer Festus Keyamo (SAN) by Peter, he demanded for a termination of the agreement as a group.
According to the copy of a letter in some media outlets on Monday, Peter based his decision on some serious allegations against his twin Paul and Jude their elder brother and manager.
He accused Paul of no longer willing to co-operate with him.
He also accused him of cancelling their scheduled music tour to the United States.
He added that Paul was also slandering his wife and children with lies on social media, and alleged that his family was being threatened with messages.
Peter further accused his older brother Jude of once threatening to kill him and shoot his wife Lola.
Peter stressed that he was tired of the “drama” and all he wanted was opting out of the Psquare group and contract.
Social media was set on fire after Peter posted a Snapchat video revealing that he is in Philadelphia on his own for a solo show – without his twin brother, Paul.
“My name is Mr P,” Peter said “As from today, guess what? It’s show time, I’m about to go on stage.”
This post came days after his brother, Paul wrote on Instagram saying; “Only a woman can come where there’s peace and destroy it”.
The Okoye brothers have been engulfed in war of words on the social media in recent times, and this development has confirmed rumours that there have been strains in their relationship.
Keyamo tells brothers not grant further interviews as mediation still on:
Lagos based legal practitioner, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, on Tuesday, said his law firm was not involved in the leakage of a video that showed ace twin musicians, Peter and Paul Okoye, otherwise know as Psquare, fighting in his chambers.
Peter Okoye, Festus Keyamo, SAN and Paul OkoyeHowever, Keyamo, in a press statement he made available to Vanguard, admitted that the feuding brothers had in some occasions in the past, had squabbles in his chambers as late as 12 midnight and 2am, one of which he said was captured in the video circulating online.
While appealing to Nigerians to grant the Okoye family the privacy, prayers and support they need “at these trying times”, Keyamo, SAN, who is their lawyer, said effort was underway to reconcile the duo.
Noting that the Okoye brothers had in the past, overcame their differences and reunited, Keyamo, stressed that their wives had nothing to do with their current problem.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to the on-going feud between the Psquare brothers in online, print and electronic media. We have also been inundated with calls from the media to authenticate the correspondence Peter Okoye sent to our office, indicating his intention to terminate the contract between the brothers for various reasons and the online video showing a purported scuffle between the brothers in our Chambers.
“Firstly, while it is obvious that none of these materials were released from our Chambers, we are thoroughly saddened and embarrassed by these developments. As their close friends and lawyers over many years, we have done our very best to manage their differences over time and very prominent personalities have been invited in the past to intervene.
“We are well aware that we have a duty to keep the details of their disagreements confidential, so we shall say nothing here on the issues at stake. But since the disagreement is now in the public domain, and our name has been dragged into the fray, we wish to appeal to members of the public to refrain from jumping into uninformed conclusions about this feud.
“None of these talented brothers is at fault. None of them is also wholly justified and correct in their individual positions. We also wish to state categorically that, contrary to widely held opinions, none of their wives is at fault. In fact, the wives have kept their respectable and dignified distances from all the issues involved. THEY HAVE NEVER INTERFERED in any way.
“We also want to state that whilst all the three brothers may have genuine grievances, nobody’s life is at risk. All the various incidents that happened in our Chambers (some as late at 12 midnight and 2am and one of which was captured in the online video) arose out of various meetings that were genuine attempts at resolving their differences.
“Whatever was said by all of them that were provocative were done in the heat of passion, emotion and anger. In fact, the incident in the video circulating online happened sometime around May, 2016. After all those arguments, we all still sat down and signed agreements and we were all happy.
“So, we appeal to everyone to please grant the Okoye family the privacy, prayers and support that they need at these trying times. I have also appealed to all of them not to grant further interviews at this point so as not to escalate the issues further. Whatever is going on is the usual siblings’ rivalry experienced in most families. It is nothing unusual.
“We are of the strong opinion that the brothers would eventually put away their differences and come back stronger”.
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