Psquare's lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has now reacted to the feud between the Okoye brothers in a public statement. He also made it known that the viral video leaked today was an incident that happened in 2016. Read full
statement below.
PRESS STATEMENT BY FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN
ON
THE PUBLIC FEUD BY THE PSQUARE BROTHERS
Our attention has been drawn to
the on-going feud between the Psquarebrothers
in online, print and electronic media. We have also been inundated with calls
from the media to authenticate the correspondence Peter Okoye sent to our
office, indicating his intention to terminate the contract between the brothers
for various reasons and the online video showing a purported scuffle between
the brothers in our Chambers.
Firstly, while it is obvious that
none of these materials were released from our Chambers, we are thoroughly
saddened and embarrassed by these developments. As their close friends and
lawyers over many years, we have done our very best to manage their differences
over time and very prominent personalities have been invited in the past to
intervene.
We are well aware that we have a
duty to keep the details of their disagreements confidential, so we shall say
nothing here on the issues at stake. But since the disagreement is now in the
public domain, and our name has been dragged into the fray, we wish to appeal
to members of the public to refrain from jumping into uninformed conclusions
about this feud.
None of
these talented brothers is at fault. None of them is also wholly justified and
correct in their individual positions. We also wish to state categorically
that, contrary to widely held opinions, none of their wives is at fault. In
fact, the wives have kept their respectable and dignified distances from all
the issues involved. THEY
HAVE NEVER INTERFERED in any way.
We also want to state that whilst
all the three brothers may have genuine grievances, nobody’s life is at risk.
All the various incidents that happened in our Chambers (some as late at 12
midnight and 2am and one of which was captured in the online video) arose out
of various meetings that were genuine attempts at resolving their differences.
Whatever was said by all of them that were provocative were done in the heat of
passion, emotion and anger. In fact, the incident in the video circulating
online happened sometime around May, 2016. After all those arguments, we all
still sat down and signed agreements and we were all happy.
So, we appeal to everyone to
please grant the Okoye family the privacy, prayers and support that they need
at these trying times. I have also appealed to all of them not to grant further
interviews at this point so as not to escalate the issues further. Whatever is
going on is the usual siblings’ rivalry experienced in most families. It is
nothing unusual.
We are of the strong opinion that
the brothers would eventually put away their differences and come back
stronger.
Thank you.
Yours most trusted,
FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
Head of Chambers
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