‘fight’ video of the brothers fighting, that was released on Tuesday. The
incident seen on the video happened since last year.
Our attention has been drawn to the on-going feud between the Psquare
brothers 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
