P-Square, made up of identical twin brothers, Peter and Paul Okoye which later became a musical group to be reckoned with not only in Nigeria but internationally\u00a0 won the Benson & Hedges sponsored Golden Tunes Music Championship in 2001 which was subsequently followed by their debut album titled \u2018senorifa\u2019 in 2003 has been disbanded.
\nTheir first major hit album \u2018Get Squared\u2019 was released in 2005 and the rest became history as P-square became a big brand in the continent. This was followed by other successful albums like Game Over, Danger Evation and Double Trouble.
\nSince Paul began to sing, the rivalry between him and his twin brother, Peter started, thereby raising a guestion as, who is more relevant? The battle for supremacy started heating up on many occasions. It was their late mother, Mrs Josephine Okoye who had been using her influence to ensure that there is always peace. Her death was the last straw that broke the camel\u2019s back, as she was the only one the boys could listen to, not even their father who was not close to them until a few months to his death.
\nLittle wonder many influential Nigerians including the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote tried to settle their current rift but all to no avail.
\nMeanwhile, Peter and Jude had always not been close because the later will always support Paul against his twin brother whenever any problem\u00a0 regarding their career and project was on the table.\u00a0 This has over the years made Peter\u2019s opinion irrelevant and he had been nursing\u00a0 grudges over the years. By extension Lola is not also on Jude\u2019s good record, but this has nothing to do with the P-Square rift.
\n\u201cThis is how the whole problem started,\u201d our source said. \u201cPeter through the assistance of El haji Diouf (former Senegal and Liverpool attacker) secured a royalty deal with a company in France. When he was processing it, Jude and Paul never believed in it, but within a few weeks, three of them received the royalty payment in their different bank accounts, it was paid in dollars\u201d.
\n\u201cThe terms of the royalty states that they would be getting the payment every quarter. That was the beginning of the face off,\u201d the source revealed. It was however gathered that when Paul realised how lucrative the royalty was, he suggested that being the writer and singer of all P-Square\u2019s songs, he deserves to be getting the lion share of the largesse.
\nBut Peter disagreed, insisting that Jude\u2019s share should rather be slashed. Jude said over his dead body. That was how the first fight broke out three years ago.
\nHowever, there were many efforts to reconcile them, but Peter who started the outburst in the social media insisted that the only condition for peace is that henceforth, every P-Square song and album will be recorded by him and Paul on 50-50 basis. Paul and Jude reluctantly agreed after much persuasion \u201cThat was why they both have equal songs on the \u2018Double Trouble\u2019 album unlike before when it was only Paul that records all their songs,\u201d our source said.
\nPaul and Jude attributed the little success recorded by the Double Trouble album to the wack songs done by Peter. They therefore reiterated that henceforth, the status quo should remain. Paul is expected to continue writing and singing all the songs, while Peter leads the choreography. That was the beginning of a fresh trouble.
\nThere are also reports that Peter Okoye\u2019s wife, Lola contributed to the breakup of P-Square. According to an inside source, Lola Okoye wanted P-Square to be more business oriented. She has been in the eye of the storm ever since the P-Square drama started in 2014. There had been a lot of rumours about her role in the three year drama that took down P-Square.
\nA source close to P-Square who disclosed this recently revealed the role Lola played in the whole drama. Lola has always wanted to push the P-Square brand forward to make it even bigger with her experience in corporate Nigeria. She wanted to bring a more professional way of doing business to the group.
\nPeter Okoye was keen on moving P-Square forward and took his wife\u2019s ideas. Peter felt that Jude Okoye\u2019s managerial style was not professional enough and the business lacked structure. P-Square which happens to be one of the biggest groups in Africa never had a business office in all its years of doing business.
\n\u201cFour years ago, I told Jude that he needs to step down as our manager because I didn\u2019t want to disrespect him as a brother, but this is business, we have to structure it,\u201d Peter Okoye told NET in an exclusive interview in 2016. \u201cThe name P-Square is very big outside but inside we have no structure\u201d, he further said.
\nHe said he brought his ideas to Paul and Jude, but they shut it down. Paul and Jude Okoye preferred the old style of handling things. It has always worked for them and they were not ready to change the formular. This led to a tussle between both camps (Peter\/Lola on one side and Paul and Jude on the other).
\nAnother insider close to the brothers revealed that Lola Okoye helped Peter Okoye snag several endorsement ideas. This is what she wanted to bring to the group a more celeb-focused way of doing business but Paul and Jude said no.
\nThe fiction led to the eventual split of P-square, Peter Okoye wanted to progress, but Paul and Jude decided to keep on using the old formular. Throughout the whole drama, Lola Okoye has never reacted publicly or responded and she has not said anything about the rumours either.
\nAccording to our source, Paul and Jude Okoye has sworn to never go back to Peter Okoye to settle as a group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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