Peter And Paul Okoye’s Break Up: Former Manager Speaks

In a recent interview with Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET), Howie T, Psquare’s former manager from 2001 to  2005, before their brother, Jude Okoye took over as the band’s manager, opens up on why they had to split.

He also revealed the only solution for Peter and Paul to reunite and end the bitter split and drama between the two, in the interview.

Below are the eight key points from the interview with TheNET.NG

• 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 these messes up an artiste’s creativity, Peter is a composer, dancer and singer, when they sit down to vote on songs that will make their album, Paul and Jude vote for more of Paul’s songs than Peters’ and these are the things that pisses him off.
• It has gone beyond just beef now, there is 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 if they change Jude today, there will 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.