{"id":3205,"date":"2026-08-06T04:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2026-08-06T04:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T04:59:41","slug":"jude-okoye-sues-peter-okoye-seeks-to-stop-him-from-performing-p-square-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/08\/06\/jude-okoye-sues-peter-okoye-seeks-to-stop-him-from-performing-p-square-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude Okoye Sues Peter Okoye, Seeks to Stop Him from Performing P-Square Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jude Okoye has filed a lawsuit against his younger brother, Peter Okoye, seeking a court order to restrain him from performing songs associated with the defunct music duo, P-Square.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Jude claims he discovered the P-Square brand and is its sole owner.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleges that Peter was employed only as a dancer and therefore has no legal right to perform the group&#8217;s songs independently. Paul Okoye, Peter&#8217;s twin brother and former P-Square member, is reportedly backing the legal action.<\/p>\n<p>The development has sparked fresh debate among fans, particularly over the history of the group&#8217;s formation. Available records show that Peter and Paul Okoye formed P-Square in 1997 while attending secondary school in Jos, Plateau State. The duo released their debut album, <em>Last Nite<\/em>, in 2003 under Timbuk2 Music, a record label owned by Howie T.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Okoye later joined the group as its manager in 2005, overseeing the duo&#8217;s business affairs during the peak of their music career.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is expected to reignite the long running dispute within the Okoye family as fans await further legal proceedings and official responses from the parties involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Jude Okoye has filed a lawsuit against his younger brother, Peter Okoye, seeking a court order to restrain him from performing songs associated with the defunct music duo, P-Square. According to reports, Jude claims he discovered the P-Square brand and is its sole owner. He also alleges that Peter was employed only as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,31,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-music","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}