Jude Okoye, the elder brother of Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye of the defunct music group P-Square, has reacted to the allegations leveled against him by Peter.
Peter had accused Jude of secretly diverting millions of dollars in royalties from P-Square’s earnings into a private account.
In a social media post, he recounted how he discovered a secret company called Northside entertainment, founded by Jude and his wife, Ifeoma Okoye, used in carrying out the act.
According to Peter, despite confronting Paul multiple times about the company and the missing royalties, he was met with repeated denials.
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“To my shock, the founders and directors of this secret company were none other than JUDE Okoye and his wife, Ifeoma Okoye, and the registered address was the family home of JUDE’s wife,” Peter revealed
“I knew I had to talk to PAUL about it. I approached him multiple times… Each time I met with him, he denied knowing anything about it.”
Peter explained that his legal team was instructed to focus solely on Jude and his wife as the primary suspects in the case, excluding Paul entirely.
The situation escalated when Peter, after failing to get answers from Paul and Jude, reported the matter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Reacting via an Instagram live session on Saturday, Jude, who was the manager of P-Square, said he almost lost his mind when he learnt a petition had been filed against him.
“This guy came to my compound to play with my son knowing fully well he just submitted a petition against me. I almost lost my mind,” he said.
Jude dismissed Peter’s fraud allegations, claiming he “twisted” it to make it “look fraudulent.”
He further claimed that Peter involved him in the controversy because he knew that people would always blame him for not settling the dispute between his younger brothers.
“These people (Peter and Paul) have children that are teenagers. If they were in America, they would be grandfathers now. Why is it that Peter always involved me in their fight?
“It’s because he had that impression that people always called Jude, the elder one, [to say] ‘go and settle your brothers, go and put your family in order’.
“What do you mean by go and put your family in order? My family is in order. Let them put their family in order. If they are doing business together, let them put it in order. I have tried to the point where I sacrificed myself,” he said.
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