P-Square’s dad visits sons in Lagos for the first time •‘He apologized for not supporting our musical career’

For the first time in 20 years,
the father of the popular
singing duo, Peter and Paul
Okoye, popularly known as P-
Square, has visited his
superstar sons in Lagos last
week Tuesday to felicitate
with them in their new
mansion at the Omole, Ogba
area.

The man, who came with his
wife and mother of his six
children from Jos was
pleasantly surprised to see
how far his sons have come.
He was said to be skeptical
initially towards the choice
of musical career of his twin
sons, P-Squar
e

Though he visited Lagos
about 20 years ago, he has
never been to Lagos since his
sons disobeyed him and
relocated to Lagos in 2005 to
pursue their dreams.
Mr. Okoye was skeptical at
the choice of musical career
of his four sons, Jude, Tony,
Peter and Paul while in the
university. Jude was in
UNIJOS, Tony was in
University of Maiduguri,
while Peter and Paul were in
UNIABUJA.
Jude initially started as a
musician; he even went on to
wax two albums while Tony
was the dancer among the
brothers. It was he who
taught P-Square how to
dance, while Peter and Paul
were dancing and singing.

Their dad stopped paying
their school fees and warned
them sternly not to call home
for any assistance if they
relocated to Lagos for music.
‘It was tough initially, but
we knew this is what we
wanted then, so we decided
to move on’, Peter said. Did
their father not feel bad
after they started enjoying
initial success? ‘Our dad
apologized to us years ago
when we were still at Jude’s
house in Maryland. He called
and told us that he was
uncomfortable that four of
his sons left home without
asking after him. Then, we
weren’t even that
successful. He called us to
say he was sorry. He wanted
the best for us then, but we
also knew what we wanted’,
he said.





P-Square is a pop duo of twin
brothers Peter and Paul and
unarguably one of the most
success music brands out of
Africa. The group recently
won KORA’s Africa Musician
of the Year Award and the
coveted N1 million-prize
money. The group was
recently signed on as
Glocacom ambassadors in a
deal that was reportedly
worth of N200 million. With
hit tracks like Ifunnaya, Busy
Body, E no easy, Danger,
Game Over, P-Square is
definitely a top brand out of
Africa.