We never heard of the first fight by the twin brothers who took the Nigeria music industry by surprise, we only heard from them after they gave account of the second fight. But the third fight was everywhere for us to read and see, making us all guess if there will ever be a come back from their present feud.
Just as we are thinking that, Peter Okoye goes to sign a new deal with an American distribution company and record label, Empire. Peter immediately announced his split and was the first to take a step by writing a letter to their lawyer, Festus Keyamo,demanding the termination of the group’s agreement. Ever since the genesis of the feud between the brothers, Peter seems to be the only one yelling for help and calling our attention to things about their family issue. Even as some speculate that Peter’s wife, Lola Omotayo is the reason the brothers are fighting, Lola Omotayo seems to hardly have a major role to play in the feud so far.
Peter claims Paul publicly disrespect him and even cancelled their USA tour without his knowledge while Jude Okoye, their elder brother threatens his life and his wife which led him to agitate and demand a split from the group. After the first feud, Paul got himself a brand called the MVP, which was a step on his part also trying to go solo at that time.
While all of this was going on, Keyamo claimed to have had several meetings with the brothers to settle their disagreements and appeals to the public not to aggravate the issue simply because of their thirst to know or pry into the private affairs of the brothers. According to the press release made public by him, he explained that the video which went viral on Linda Ikeji’s blog few weeks ago was actually taken from one of the meetings he had with the brothers sometime in May 2016.
Read Festus Keyamo’s Press Release below:
PRESS STATEMENT BY FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, ON THE PUBLIC FEUD BY THE PSQUARE BROTHERS
Our attention has been drawn to the on-going feud between the P Square 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 are 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 are 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 2 am 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 aroundMay 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.
Thank you.
Yours most trusted,
FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
