Popular singer Paul Okoye, also known as Rudeboy, has disclosed that his twin brother, Peter Okoye, aka Mr. P, was responsible for his recent arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a revealing interview with City FM, Lagos, Rudeboy explained that Mr. P had written a petition to the anti-graft agency, accusing him of fraudulent activities. Despite being cleared of all allegations after a thorough investigation, Paul expressed his dismay that his brother has yet to apologize.
“This year, I was invited by the EFCC after they received a petition against me from my twin brother. I never thought it [our beef] would get to this extent. I thought it was just music,” he said.
“The next thing, people are asking me, ‘What do you do?’ Somebody said, ‘You’re going to go to jail for 20 years. They’re going to lock you up.’ I got to the EFCC office, they told me everything. They’ve already printed all my account statements. They asked me to explain every transaction.
“First of all, what entered my mind was, what if I was into fraud? That’s how my brother would have finished me? But I took it. Then they started the investigation. At a point, I was no longer comfortable with the kind of questions they were asking me. When I knew it was serious was when they asked me to get a lawyer and sureties. I did everything.
“One month ago, they called me, my twin brother and our elder brother [Jude Okoye], and said, ‘First of all, we have to say that after all investigations, Paul is innocent. Paul is cleared. Everything you accused him of, we’ve done our investigation and he’s innocent.’
“Despite the fact that I was proven innocent, my twin brother didn’t apologise for the false accusations,” he narrated.
This revelation sheds light on the intense personal and professional rift between the twin brothers, who once dominated the music scene as the duo P-Square.
