Jude Okoye, the former manager of P-Square, has spoken up about his role in the latest saga involving the band and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Recall that the trio of brothers Peter, Paul, and Jude Okoye were all actively involved in the music group before things fell apart, with the latest developments emanating from Peter filing a petition with the EFCC after discovering his brother Jude Okoye opened a “secret company” and was diverting funds from their joint company to it.
Reacting to the allegation, Jude claimed his company was not secret and that while he and his brothers have a joint company, they all have their own private companies too, including Peter who has P-Classic, and Paul with Rude Boy Record.
According to him, his Northside Entertainment company which Peter referred to in his earlier post on social media has existed for 11 years and was not a secret.
He added that Peter never came to him to ask about the company he claimed he just discovered before going to file a petition against him with the EFCC.
He said: “This guy came to my compound to play with my son knowing he just submitted a petition against me. I almost lost my mind.”
Speaking on how Paul got involved, Jude said that, to defend himself, he had to file a petition against P-Square so that the anti-graft agency would see that the money he has in his account, Peter and Paul also have in theirs and he wasn’t cheating them.
Jude said: “I was able to get my petition in place against P-Square because that’s the only way I can defend myself.
“They were all busy focusing on my account to see what Peter alleged I was having as P-Square royalties. I couldn’t get them to focus on their account to see the evidence that what I was having, they’re also having their own share.”
He added that the EFCC case is still ongoing and the Commission has been very thorough.
He stated that whatever money he took is money that is rightfully his based on their agreed-sharing formula.
Jude explained: “You said that I was taking money that I’m entitled to. You get your royalty when it’s due, you share into three, Paul gets his own, he shares into three, I get my own, I share into three.
“P-Square had issues, you stopped sharing. I told Paul to stop sharing too, and let everybody keep what they get and it has been like that for over four and half years.
“P-Square came back together, I did the noble thing, I brought it back to the fold again, and everybody continued sharing again.
“But to date, two and half years after they came back, Paul is still not sharing, Peter is still not sharing. They get it, they keep it to themselves. I said ‘no problem, let me move on with my life’. I still end up in EFCC.”
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