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Tuesday 19 October 2010

P-Square’s Dad Visits them In Lagos For The First Time

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
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. 


Source: Samuel Olatunji of Big Sam Media

13 comments:

Surprise said...

P-Square plse forgive your dad o. He meant well for you o. Plse take good care of him and The Almighty God will continue to bless you and prosper you.

Anonymous said...

visited them for the first time in 20 years ke? Ok, this article is inconsistent. How did they leave home when they were in University.....and the father is going to see the after 20years? Does that mean that Peter and Paul are atleast 36??

akanbi said...

thats's Big Sam for you. Yeye PR people, their stories are always inconsistent. they just try too hard to cover up so much bad press for their artist that they always mess up! those in the know, know the true story. they also represent Basketmouth, and we all saw how how many stories was hitting all the media avenues one after the other to put him and his relationship in good light, so he doesnt lose fans or his Glo deal.

Anonymous said...

I hope he doesnt get kidnapped now.

skankmypeaceofmind said...

hmm.........tory.
NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

who produced this story? wat in dis modern age.if d story is true dat means psquare shld be like 38 and jude 42. dey don old ohhhhhhhh. linda abeg na the true story?

Anonymous said...

the story says the man has not been to Lagos for the past 20 yrs. pls, concentrate in ur reading,this is the reason why pple fail Enlish Language in WAEC.

Nigerian Film and TV Addict said...

i won't blame the man...men have high expectations for their sons especially. at least they are graduates...so he shud have just let them be...music is not a credible job for many ppl but if his sons are happy with it, so be it. and i think ppl misread the article...psquare are the age they claim...the 20yrs is talking about their father's last visit to the city of lagos.

Inky said...

@ anonymous 4:12 the headline doesnt still make sense.Visiting them for the first time in Lagos is something else.Visiting lagos for the first time in 20 year is another story.Linda made it sound like he hadnt seen them in 20 years and like they moved to Lagos 20 years ago.Very confusing.

Chi-squared said...

Linda, it's $1 million and not N1 million

Femiluv said...

Wow, I guess Peter and Paul are around 38 years old lol.

Jamesosmar said...

This story is kind of convincing...according to the story you said; that their Dad have not seen them for over 20 years now, but Ur story is they left their home town to Lagos in 2005, to make their dream comes true. so how come is 20 years from 2005 to date...??

Anonymous said...

even if they want, let them be 50 years,the koko is dat,they ve made it finally

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