"I never used EFCC to arrest my twin brother Paul" - Peter Okoye explains how EFCC case came about

Peter Okoye, aka Mr P, of the now defunct P-Square group, has shared his side of the story after his twin brother, Paul Okoye, aka Rude Boy, accused him of reporting him to the EFCC.

 

In his response, Peter said he has never petitioned the EFCC against his twin brother. He then proceeded to explain what happened.

He said he, his twin brother Paul, and their older brother Jude own a managHe investigated the company and was shocked to discover the founder and director of the company were his elder brother Jude Okoye and Jude's wife Ifeoma Okoye. The address used to register the company was Ifeoma's family home, he said.

 

Peter asked his brother Paul who denied knowing anything about the company.

 

Peter said he then involved his lawyers and instructed them to file a petition but told them to ensure his twin brother's name was not mentioned in it.

 ement company called Northside Entertainment which they use to manage all P-Square affairs.

 

However,  he came across a company with a similar name called Northside Music.

“I hereby challenge Paul, or anyone else to show any petition that I, Peter Okoye ever submitted against my twin brother Paul or that has Paul's name in it,” Peter wrote in his statement.

He, however, admitted that he filed a petition against "the suspects, Jude Okoye and his wife Ifeoma Okoye."

 

Peter added that he filed the petition because he discovered that "millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of Naira were being secretly diverted into  this secret company's account, Northside Music from our own Northside Entertainment."

Peter added that "Jude was then detained after being questioned. He came clean and admitted he had been diverting millions of dollars of our money to his secret company that he and his wife were the directors of."

 

He said the investigation by EFCC found that Jude's secret company had been collecting Northside Entertainment's royalties for years.

 

He said Jude also mentioned Paul's name while being questioned and this is why the EFCC invited his twin.

He reiterated that he never petitioned the EFCC against his brother.