“I Am Not in Any Competition with You,” Peter Okoye Tells Brother After Split

Peter Okoye has penned an open letter to his twin brother, Paul Okoye, following the recent announcement of their disbandment as the musical duo P-Square.

In a heartfelt letter posted on Instagram, Peter expressed his disappointment over Paul’s interviews that he claims have attempted to undermine his contributions to their group.

“In your recent interviews, you claimed that you wrote and sang 99% of all P-Square songs and discredited me by saying that our song ‘EjeaJo,’ which I wrote, was a failure,” Peter said. “You went as far as using YouTube views to belittle my work once again.”

Peter reminded Paul, also known as Rudeboy, of their past successes and his own role in the P-Square band.

“You never acknowledged other hit songs like ‘Get-Squared,’ ‘Bizzy Body,’ ‘Personally,’ ‘Roll It,’ ‘Temptation,’ ‘Alingo,’ ‘More than a Friend,’ ‘Shelini,’ ‘Say Your Love,’ ‘Gimme Dat,’ ‘Senorita,’ ‘IGBEdu,’ and a few others. Were these songs also considered failures?” Peter questioned.

In a recent interview on City FM, a Nigerian entertainment radio station, Paul, AKA Rudeboy, expressed his frustration over internal issues, including family dynamics and conflicts, as the reasons behind the breakup. “I’m just focused on Rudeboy. Trust me, I’ve never spoken, but something has made me open up.”

Rudeboy also attributed the strain between him and his brother to external influences and misunderstandings within the group that led to their final separation.

Peter, however, described his brother’s attitude as both embarrassing and disgraceful.

“Every time I have spoken in interviews about P-Square, I have always used ‘we’ and ‘us’ because I saw us as a team,” Peter wrote. “But whenever you speak, it’s always ‘I’ and ‘me,’ even when I’m standing right beside you. It’s as if I never existed. My brother, neither of us is the most talented artist in the world, but you fail to understand that God gave us this talent and even granted us another chance to excel after our last breakup. Instead, you chose to turn the most awarded and decorated music group in Africa into a laughingstock again.”

The renowned Nigerian music duo and twin brothers celebrated their reunion in 2021 with a joint performance in Sierra Leone after a four-year hiatus. P-Square began their career in 1999 and enjoyed a decade-long reign in the African music scene before originally parting ways in 2017.

Here is Peter’s open letter in full:

“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.”

“Rather than joining forces with me to reclaim our number one spot in the music industry, you chose to team up with Jude to claim the number one spot in the P-Square group, always looking for opportunities to marginalize and humiliate me. You are always claiming to be P-Square’s songwriter, composer, producer, singer, backup vocalist—in fact, you are everything, including P-Square’s video director, band, promoter, manager, even the choreographer. You are the author and finisher of P-Square! In fact, I give you 100% of everything instead of the 99% you claim. I blame myself for not responding to your tweet claims in April 2015 that you wrote and sang all of P-Square’s songs.”

“I didn’t respond to these false claims for the sake of peace, as advised by family and friends, and now I am paying dearly for it. 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 artists? Do we command crowds and entertain massive audiences like P-Square? 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. Now, it feels like you have taken it even further by trying so hard to turn the fans against me by making them believe I’m jealous of you.”

“You have been doing everything for the fans to hate me, but guess what? They will never hate me; instead, they will hate us both because we have disappointed and failed them. I hope you are happy now. I genuinely wish you nothing but the best, bro! As for those who believe these lies and false narratives and come to my page to drop negative comments, I understand because you have.”

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