My family is more important - Peter Okoye explains why the PSquare beef started

- Peter Okoye has opened up about the real reasons PSquare broke up

- According to him, everything boils down to respect

- He also said he wasn’t going to abandon his family to favour his siblings

Days after he released his debut single as a solo musician, Peter Okoye, one half of now defunct music group PSquare has revealed previously unknown facts about their breakup.

Speaking in a recent interview with Vibe.ng, Peter detailed how lack of respect made him and his brother’s fall out and how he had to choose his family over his siblings.

Excerpts below:

Why he chose his family over his siblings

The reason why I started responding to social media is because there was something that came out one time. I was advised “Peter do not say anything” but it’s affecting me today. When my brother put out that he sings and writes all the songs. I never responded but right now, there are 50% of our fans and some groups that believe Peter doesn’t sing. All because I wanted peace.

But now if you say anything about me, I will respond. I don’t respond harshly if you’ve noticed. I’m not like last year. I decided to calm down because my family is more important here. I cannot trade my family. If you do not like it, don’t be my fan. If you do not like the fact that I am standing for my family, then you should not be my fan and I am serious about it. My brother is my twin, fine, but you keep asking me blood is thicker than water. Obviously you think Paul is my blood and my family is the water? You guys better be out of your minds.

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PSquare will come back if…

Of course. When the respect is back. When you stay apart for a while, the respect will come. We’ve lost it.People will never understand but we’ve lost that respect. Like I said in the open letter, we will work in future but when we come back, it will be from respect. There was no respect that’s why there has been a back and forth. Aren’t you guys tired of it? If I tell you that P-Square is back now, people will say “You guys are tricking us”. Don’t play with people’s minds.

Lessons he has learnt from this debacle

Don’t put yourself in a corner. Let no one ever tell you “You cannot do it without me”. If there’s one thing I have learnt in all this, it is that being a man is not just having 2 balls. Being a man is about standing for your family. I cannot trade my family for anything, I’m sorry… They cannot trade their family for me. It’s like waking up and asking me “Your family and me; who is more important here?” And I throw the question to you and you cannot even answer it.

Message to the fans

To the fans, we’re sorry. You don’t want to see P-Square on stage when they just fought back stage; pleasing you guys when we are not happy. I’ve tried many times to make it work but it did not work… I just had to give up for the sake of the respect of our individual families.

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Why I decided to go solo - Paul Okoye of P-Square reveals on Legit.ng TV.

Source: Legit.ng