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P-Square the Nigerian music group rocked by sibling rivalry …could be heading for a split

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;360nobs&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;Peter-Okoye&period;jpg" alt&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;360nobs&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;Peter-Okoye&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"480" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>Credit&colon; <&sol;i><&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;r3"><span class&equals;"irc&lowbar;ho" dir&equals;"ltr"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>360nobs<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><b><br &sol;>&NewLine;Peter one half of the feuding pop group P-Square<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;red&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;660000&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And cutting me off from a picture and replacing me with a studio set says it all my bro&period; All because you want to sound matured And letting the pple insult and Laff at me&period; Peter Okoye the social media rant&period; I wish you well in all you do my bro&period; God bless our hustle &period;&&num;8221&semi;  <&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;red&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;black&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;">&num;voice4thevoiceless” &&num;8211&semi; Peter&period; <&sol;span><&sol;i> <&sol;span>  <&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"fb-like"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;plugins&sol;follow&quest;href&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;facebook&period;com&percnt;2FKonnieMoments1&amp&semi;layout&equals;standard&amp&semi;show&lowbar;faces&equals;true&amp&semi;colorscheme&equals;light&amp&semi;width&equals;450&amp&semi;height&equals;80">&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;plugins&sol;follow&quest;href&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;facebook&period;com&percnt;2FKonnieMoments1&amp&semi;layout&equals;standard&amp&semi;show&lowbar;faces&equals;true&amp&semi;colorscheme&equals;light&amp&semi;width&equals;450&amp&semi;height&equals;80<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a name&equals;"more"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;">One half of the singing P-Square twins&comma; Peter Okoye has given a slight hint that the music act&comma; P-Square could be heading for a divorce &period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reacting to his twin brother Paul’s Instagram post recently where he sided with their brother and manager&comma; Jude Okoye&period; Peter has now wished Paul success in his future endeavors&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A photo of Paul and Jude  had been shared with Peter cut off in the picture&period; It was the same picture that Paul shared on Instagram when he declared his support for Jude&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;blue&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><i>&&num;8230&semi; The saga<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;This has been a war fought on the pages of social media&comma; with the occasional fisticuffs thrown in for added spice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It will be recalled that Jude was conspic­u­ously snubbed Peter&&num;8217&semi;s wedding&comma; on the grounds that had their mum been alive&comma; she would not have approved of the marriage be­tween Peter and Lola Omotayo when they got married last year&period; Peter was in turn absent at the reverse fixture for elder brother&comma; Jude&&num;8217&semi;s wed­ding&period;<a href&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js">&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&excl;-- konnie-moments&lowbar;footer-2-1&lowbar;AdSense4&lowbar;1x1&lowbar;as --><br &sol;>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi;"><&sol;ins><br &sol;>&NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;onthe&period;io&sol;vllkyt160p5v6r59mg&period;81253d9d&period;jpg" alt&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;onthe&period;io&sol;vllkyt160p5v6r59mg&period;81253d9d&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"400" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>Credit&colon; naij<&sol;i><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b>Paul Okoye&colon; The other half of the singing duo&period; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;d rather chose family&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to insiders&comma; after Jude allegedly snubbed his new bride and rejected his marriage&comma; Peter has since been plotting a payback&period; he angrily took to his Instagram and lambasted fans challeged his absence at Jude’s marriage&comma; after the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just to remind some mufus&comma; PSQUARE is PETER &amp&semi; PAUL and I am sure you know what that means&period; Talk sh&ast;t again and you would be blocked&period; Mufus talking about fam­ily&excl; My number one fam­ily for now is the one I have built and nobody can change that&period; People talking shit about blood is thicker than water&comma; please which blood is thicker than the one of my chil­dren&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;i>This situation apparently has been a while coming as the brother are involved in a yet another messy public spat for the umpteenth time in the past two years&comma; since Peter reportedly  refused to have anything to do with P-Square because he reportedly&comma; felt his input was being undermined and his contributions went unappreciated<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in the week&comma; Peter again took to Instagram&comma; to express his dissatisfaction with their current management&period; He also spoke of his long standing desire to end their relationship with their manager Jude&comma;  who just so happens to be older brother Jude Okoye&period; In the process&comma; he revealed some internecine sibling rivalry between the singing act and their manager&period; The recent outburst&comma; apparently&comma; can be linked to long standing dissatisfaction with the current management style which had been simmering&comma; according to Peter&comma;  for nearly five years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Peter&comma; who was rumored to have gotten into a fight with his twin Paul&comma; shortly after they each got married&comma; indicated there were cracks within the Square organization with hints that he purposely went solo on his most recent projects&comma; including the reality television show &&num;8216&semi;Dance With Peter&&num;8217&semi;&comma; to distance his business interests from what&comma; he described as the inertia of their current management&period; It is being reported that his singing partner&comma; twin brother Paul&comma; is not connected with the project&comma; neither is their current management&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">All indications is that the this latest act by Peter was intended as a warning to his brothers that he wanted out of the working relationship which he believes is holding back the group as it appears to have run it&&num;8217&semi;s course&period; He has gone public with his grievances&comma; since earlier attempts at resolving the matter have been dismissed by his partner and management&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;encrypted-tbn0&period;gstatic&period;com&sol;images&quest;q&equals;tbn&colon;ANd9GcQOum6kJCufPIYE9cxxfG7TD23g8Y98Mzbz5dJQ0aBV8AUaIgqkKQ" alt&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;encrypted-tbn0&period;gstatic&period;com&sol;images&quest;q&equals;tbn&colon;ANd9GcQOum6kJCufPIYE9cxxfG7TD23g8Y98Mzbz5dJQ0aBV8AUaIgqkKQ" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"283" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>Credit&colon; <&sol;i><&sol;span><span class&equals;"&lowbar;r3"><span class&equals;"irc&lowbar;ho" dir&equals;"ltr"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>punchng<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b>Happier times&period; Paul and Peter with their manager&comma; older brother Jude Okoye&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Peter had gone on Instagram tweeting a demand the dissolution of their relationship with their current management team&period; According to him it is based on a non-progressive&comma; &&num;8216&semi;family-centrist&&num;8217&semi; management style which had affected the productivity of the Square brand&period;  One of his issues as mentioned in his tweets is a lack  lack of a proper business structure hence&comma; he would rather P-Square parted ways with the current management&period; Peter insists that his charges are directed at Jude&comma; not his twin&comma; threatening to do a tell&comma; all if the unusual business practices that accommodated Jude as P-Square manager is not terminated&period; His partner and twin brother sees it differently&period; Paul has elected to stand with &&num;8216&semi;Family&&num;8217&semi;&comma; read&comma; Jude&period; He responded via Instagram&comma; as well<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-166603" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;Njo&lowbar;Comments&period;png" alt&equals;"Njo&lowbar;Comments" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"610" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Peter later clarified that he was not after the breakup of the group&comma; he was just demanding they fire their management team<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">&period;&period;<span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;">&period; <&sol;span><&sol;span><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;">Are you confused yet&quest; Continue reading&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-166602" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;PeterPsquare1&period;png" alt&equals;"PeterPsquare1" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"404" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"transparent" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;PeterPsquare&period;png" alt&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;PeterPsquare&period;png" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;PeterPsquare3&period;png" alt&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;notjustok&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;PeterPsquare3&period;png" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Jude also was also dismissive of Peter as he wrote on instagram<br &sol;>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"transparent" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;informationng&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;wp-1455702922482-300x169&period;png" alt&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;informationng&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;wp-1455702922482-300x169&period;png" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;">&period;<&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;">&&num;8230&semi; Reminisce<&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;Here is a sample of the various disturbing reports about the group floating in the country&&num;8217&semi;s entertainment media&comma; all indicating that the pop group that has recently thrilled the world with their hits like &&num;8216&semi;Personally&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Shekini&&num;8217&semi; may not be around for long as a duo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;For discerning observers&comma; they would know that the trouble in the P-Square family didn’t start today&period; Tongues had started wagging some years ago when Peter began to make moves which indicated that he wanted to stand on his own&period; First&comma; he got a solo brand ambassador deal with Olympic Milk&period; This was followed by his own reality show&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Glo Dance With Peter&period;’ However&comma; the story didn’t start there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Paul Okoye&comma; the other half of P-Square has  chosen to stand with brother and manager&comma; Jude&period; He uploaded a picture of himself with Jude on his Instgram page&comma; deleting Peter from it&comma; and replacing him with a studio&period; He added the caption&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;This is where I belong and this is where I stand…you do music in the studio&comma; not on social media&comma; you have family issues&comma; you discuss that in close doors&comma; not on social media…Family is family&comma; blood is blood…If you don’t do family business&comma; then who am I to you&quest;&period; &&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;">&&num;8230&semi;so much drama in the P-Square fold&&num;8230&semi;  spouses&comma; kids involved&period; Is a break-up imminent &quest; <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;i><br &sol;>&NewLine;Even more recent sevelopments lend credence to the feeling&comma; in some quarters that the group ultimately could break-up due to the endless stream of laundry aired on social media<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;999999&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"> &&num;8230&semi;Update<&sol;span><&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A little while ago&comma; Peter was on social media again&comma; apologizing for his latest tweets&period; It is believed the apology was to assuage their fans&period; It was not an attempt to mend fences with his brothers&comma; neither was it because he has really forgiven Jude&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-165566" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;pt2&period;png" alt&equals;"pt2" width&equals;"589" height&equals;"111" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;blue&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><i>&&num;8211&semi; Someone please take the keyboard away from these &&num;8216&semi;adults&&num;8217&semi;&period; This&comma; sad to say&comma; is an unfortunate situation where family and emotion has been injected into a business relationship&period; Get off social media&period; It is a matter best left for attorney&&num;8217&semi;s to sort out&period; The members of the band can even co-exist under a modified management structure that allows each to be on their own&period; Ultimately&comma; you might part ways as partners&comma; but <&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;blue&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><i>will forever remain siblings  <&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;blue&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;"><i><b><span style&equals;"color&colon;black&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;small&semi;">Lets us know what you think of this article&period; Like&quest; Dislike&quest; Funny&quest; Interesting&quest; Cool&quest;  Drop us a line in the comment box or join us on facebook to help us give you a better reading experience <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;b><&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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