LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- New details have emerged in the ongoing P-Square family drama after documents tied to Peter Okoye’s petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reportedly showed that he requested an investigation into his twin brother, Paul Okoye, despite earlier public denials.
The development has reopened conversations around the fraud case involving Peter, popularly known as Mr P, his elder brother Jude Okoye and the former management of the defunct music group.
According to the petition dated January 29, 2024, Peter asked the EFCC to investigate multiple accounts linked to the family’s business dealings, including accounts belonging to Jude, Paul, aka RudeBoy, Northside Music Ltd and Northside Entertainment Ltd.
He also reportedly requested a probe into the account of Jude’s wife, Ifeoma.
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Part of the petition reads, “…I will appreciate if the commission can investigate the account of Northside Music Ltd from 2015 till date, the account of Northside Entertainment Ltd from 2007 till date, the account of Jude Chidozie Okoye from 2004 till date, the account of Paul Nonso Okoye from 2004 till date, and the account of Umeokeke Ifeoma Okoye from 2004 till date.”
Meanwhile, the position appears to clash with Peter’s earlier public statements.
In posts shared on his verified Instagram page on August 12, 2024, the singer insisted that he never petitioned Paul or included his name in any complaint submitted to the anti-graft agency.
“I challenge PAUL, or anyone else to produce any petition that I, Peter Okoye, my management or my legal team ever filed against my twin brother PAUL, or that even mentions his name,” he wrote at the time.
The newly surfaced document has now put that claim under scrutiny, with attention shifting back to the exact scope of Peter’s complaint to the EFCC.
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Reports also claim that after the anti-graft agency invited those named in the petition, Paul was briefly detained and later released after meeting bail conditions.
That detail has added another layer to the already bitter fallout between the brothers, whose once-celebrated P-Square partnership collapsed under years of business and family tensions.
The petition is believed to be one of the steps that eventually led to the EFCC’s case against Jude Okoye and his companies.
Notably, Jude is currently facing trial over alleged fraud involving huge sums linked to the management of P-Square’s business affairs, while court proceedings around the matter have continued to draw public attention.
