Peter Okoye, formerly of the music duo PSquare, has written an open letter to his brother Paul following a series of interviews in which Paul allegedly discredited his efforts.

Paul recently accused Peter of reporting him to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and claimed to be the sole person responsible for PSquare’s success.

He stated that Mr. P had petitioned the anti-graft agency, accusing him of suspected fraudulent activities, but said he insisted he was not a thief and disclosed his source of wealth.

Days later, Peter took to social media for the first time to address the feud with his brother, Paul.

He wrote, “My dear brother Paul,

Just like I have told you several times, I am not in any competition with you or anybody else. However, seeing you grant countless interviews where you constantly discredit my efforts in the group that we both created and built together really speaks volumes. 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 with TI "EjeaJo," which I wrote, was a failure. You went as far as using the YouTube views to discredit me once again.

You never acknowledged the other songs like "Get-Squared," "Bizzy Body," "Personally," "Roll It," "Temptation," "Alingo," "More than a Friend," "Shekini," "Say Your Love," "Gimme Dat," "Senorita," "IGBEdu," and a few others. Were these songs also considered failures as well?

Every time I have spoken in interviews about P-SQUARE, I have always used "we" and "us" because I saw us as a team. 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.

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 1 spot in the music industry, you chose to team up with Jude to claim the number 1 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 dash 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 artistes?

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 been fed the wrong narrative for a long time.

The dispute between Peter and Paul has attracted several reactions from Nigerians on social media.

@Oladapomikky1: When a man Opens up about his feelings, it's not a joking matter.

@lollypeezle: You both killed a successful music duo from within. Nothing you both will do individually that will be as big as what you have done together. Don’t beg anybody, at the same time, you all need to come back.
You still have the room to make money in this industry.

@AjeboDanny: His brother has been calling him out publicly for those asking why he didn’t message him privately. This is the first time he’s addressing this publicly, please allow him. If you don’t tell your story, others will tell it for you.

@DrJohnBishop: You know a message that is heartfelt and comes from a place of hurt and betrayal when you see it. The saddest part is this makes people lose trust in everyone including family! I hope you find the spiritual healing of your souls that you deserve.

@_ifycalex: Always saying that he wrote 99 percent of Psquare songs is very rude… even if he wrote it all did he sing all of them? As he is alone now how many hit songs does he have?

@Obatom19: It’s not a matter of understanding o, if you’re consistently lied against. Won’t you at least to an extent clear your name too? It’s easy to pretend like the matter isn’t painful until you realize what you built years ago is crumbling down in your face.

My dear brother Paul,
Just like I have told you several times, I am not in any competition with you or anybody else. However, seeing you grant countless interviews where you constantly discredit my efforts in the group that we both created and built together really speaks… pic.twitter.com/a3zMF6P3tI

— Mr Psquare (@PeterPsquare) August 12, 2024