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Peter Okoye of the Psquare fame has downplayed the possibility of the brothers staying together till retirement.
Speaking with Vibe Magazine, Peter said “30 children cannot continue
to play together for 30 years. Being apart is the best solution at the
moment.”
The singer, who has since gone solo disclosed that their family feud has lingered for four years.
He said he has no problems with his other brothers and their wives and doesn’t know what exactly is wrong.
“Some individuals decided to separate 2 individuals by saying this
person is better than this person but my motto is, if you steal from
Peter to pay Paul, you’re paying P-Square. “Oh I hate this Peter.”
“Well if you see 2 of us on stage, with Peter on one side and Paul on
the other side, you will watch the show like this. (He covers one side
of his face with his phone). The reason why I started responding to
social media is because there was something that came out one time.
“I was advised “Peter do not say anything” but it’s affecting me
today. When my brother put out that he sings and writes all the songs. I
never responded but right now, there are 50% of our fans and some
groups that believe Peter doesn’t sing. All because I wanted peace. But
now if you say anything about me, I will respond.
“I don’t respond harshly if you’ve noticed. I’m not like last year. I
decided to calm down because my family is more important here. I cannot
trade my family. If you do not like it, don’t be my fan. If you do not
like the fact that I am standing for my family, then you should not be
my fan and I am serious about it.
“My brother is my twin, fine, but you keep telling me blood is
thicker than water. Obviously you think “Paul is my blood and my family
is the water? You guys better be out of your minds. Being apart is the
best solution at the moment. It’s not pride. It’s not ego. It’s respect.
We’ve lost it.”
“Last year, nobody knew what was happening. ‘When are you guys
releasing a song?’ They did not know we were fighting but we’d still go
on stage and perform. All I wanted was to keep the family together but
what the fans wanted was to have Psquare.
“We gave you guys Psquare even though the family had been fighting
for about four years – even as of last year that we claimed we were
back. I cannot even face the shame of making the fans feel that we are
okay. We are not okay. It’s not healthy. I don’t have any problem with
their own family.
“The wives, everybody. I am cool with them. I don’t know what’s
wrong. I don’t know why it looks as if the hatred is on my family. I’ve
tried to ask them what the problem is but nobody is telling me
anything.”