Since the news of bad blood between the Okoye brothers hit social media,
rumors have been circulating like wildfire. Many media outlets have been
speculating about the real reason the brothers dissolved their group P-Square.
Some have pointed to greed and money. While others have placed the blame on
the brothers’ wives interfering and causing a rift between them. Others are
speculating that the eldest brother and manager, Jude Okoye, is responsible for
the rift amongst the brothers.
The group’s attorney, Festus Keyamo (SAN), issued a press statement on the
group’s split and the brothers’ ongoing feud after a video surfaced from Linda
Ikeji’s Blog showing the brothers engaging in a physical altercation.
PSquare's Peter, Paul &Jude Okoye nearly fight each other at their lawyers
office
“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,” the statement said.
“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.”
Mr. Keyamo says he is hopeful that the brothers will reconcile their differences
and P Square will reconvene.
Read the full press statement 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 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.
Thank you.
Yours most trusted,
FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
Head of Chambers


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