What Do You Gain by Belittling Me? – Peter Okoye to Brother

Nigerian artiste Peter Okoye of the defunct music group P-Square has questioned the intent of his twin brother, Paul Okoye, over what he describes as constant targeted attacks on his personality and efforts.

According to him, the attempt is solely aimed at courting public dissatisfaction with him by belittling and disrespecting him.

“I often find myself wondering, what do you truly gain by constantly disrespecting and belittling me all the time? You have disrespected my wife, disrespected my family, disrespected my talent, disrespected my ideas, and even sided with Jude when he was clearly trying to oppress me.”

This social media outburst follows Paul’s recent interview taking credit for writing and singing 99% of all P-SQUARE songs adding that “Ejealo,” written by Peter was a failure.

However, in an open letter, Peter said their songs including “Get-Squared”, “Bizzy Body”, “Personally”, “Roll It”, “Temptation”, “Alingo”, “More than a Friend”, “Shekini”, “Say Your Love”, “Gimme Dat”, “Senorita” and “Igbedu,” were his work.

“You are always claiming to be P-SQUARE’s songwriter, composer, producer, singer, and back-up vocalist, in fact, you are everything including P-SQUARE’s video director, band, promoter, manager, and even the choreographer. You are the Author and Finisher of P-SQUARE! In fact, I dash you 100% of everything instead of the 99% you claim.”

In a swipe at his brother, he accused him of engineering the laughingstock their once successful group had been reduced to.

According to Peter, Paul went to the extreme by throwing away the second chance life gave them for a reunion.

“One thing you need to understand clearly is that the fans didn’t fall in love with P-SQUARE because of who sang or danced the most. What made us special was the magic that came from our combined effort – us two! P-SQUARE was a force, and the fans fell in love with P-SQUARE because of our uniqueness and unity.

“We both have talent, no doubt, and I have often praised you in our interviews for your songwriting ability. I have also praised anyone who has ever written a song for us or even for me as Mr P. But instead of showing gratitude for my kind words, you seem to find satisfaction in rubbing it in my face, forgetting that it is by God’s grace that we have come this far.”

After going their separate ways, he noted that their impact had diminished.

“So, my brother, let me ask you: Is Rudeboy or Mr P bigger and more successful than P-SQUARE today? Are we individually selling out arenas and stadiums like P-SQUARE used to? Are we topping world music charts with our songs as solo artistes? Do we command crowds and entertain massive audiences like….”