Psquare’s former manager, Howie T,
has revealed in a new interview, the
only thing that can end the bitter
Psquare split, and make the brothers,
Paul and Peter Okoye work together as
a team again.
The Nigerian pop duo, Psquare, has
already gone their separate ways,
flaunted different managements and
released solo songs after a fallout
involving their elder brother Jude
Okoye on social media.
In turn, their actions caused a lot of
drama and left fans praying for
Africa’s most beloved pop group.
Thenet.ng held a phone conversation
with Howie T and in it, Howie revealed
Peter’s side of the story and the only
condition for a Psquare reunite.
Howie was Psquare’s first-ever
manager after they won a Benson &
Hedges talent hunt in 2001. He
managed the duo from 2001 to 2005,
before Jude Okoye took over as the
band’s manager.
Here are excerpts from his chat with
Thenet.ng’s chief correspondent,
Dayo Showemimo:
Well, the guys in question are adults,
married with children, so I think we
should respect their opinion. And the
truth is, I believe they know what they
are doing’.
When I saw Peter’s Tweets, I called
him and even went to see him to talk
to him about it. He said Jude is the
problem that he doesn’t have any
issue with Paul’.
He told me that in a normal setting, a
manager is supposed to be their
employee and not the other way round,
but Jude always uses his influence as
their elder brother to boss over them.
He also said managers collect between
15 – 25 % of an artiste’s income but
in their case they share everything
equally and he’s not happy with that
sharing formula’.
‘In my opinion I think Peter is just
trying to prove a valid point. He told
me that he turned down a show Jude
got them in Finland and when they
called them for the Dubai show, he told
the organisers what it takes to get
Peter and Paul, what it takes to get
Peter or Paul alone’.
Secondly, things like this messes up an
artiste’s creativity, Peter is a
composer, dancer and singer, when
they sit down to vote on songs that’ll
make their album, Paul and Jude vote
for more of Paul’s songs than
Peter’s and these are the things that
pisses him off.
It has gone beyond just beef now,
there’s a lot of ego at play’.
In my opinion, for peace to reign, why
can’t Jude just leave them alone,
Peter has told me that if they change
Jude today, there’ll be Psquare
tomorrow and sadly the only person
that can talk to them is their mother
and she’s dead’.
Well, 20 children cannot play together
for 20 years’.
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