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A fresh document has shed new light on the Paul Okoye EFCC investigation, showing how the singer was drawn into a probe linked to the long-running feud within the former P-Square camp. Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy, was named among the people whose accounts the anti-graft agency was asked to examine, according to a petition now in circulation.
Inside the Paul Okoye EFCC petition
The petition, reportedly dated 29 January 2024, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the financial affairs of several people and companies connected to the old P-Square business operation. It named Northside Music Limited, Northside Entertainment Limited, Jude Chidozie Okoye, Paul Nonso Okoye and Umeokeke Ifeoma Okoye, listing accounts to be reviewed over set periods.
That detail places the artiste’s name directly inside the scope of the request, even though the wider case has centred on the management company and money said to have moved through it. The document does not, on its own, establish wrongdoing by anyone listed.
A dispute over who reported whom
The Paul Okoye EFCC story has become tangled in a family disagreement over who actually filed the complaint. His twin brother, Peter Okoye, has firmly denied reporting him. “I challenge anyone to produce any petition that I ever filed against my twin brother,” Peter said, insisting neither he nor his legal team ever lodged a complaint naming Paul.
Others familiar with the matter say Paul was invited by the commission in the course of its wider inquiry, rather than as the original target. The brothers, once one of Africa’s biggest music acts, have split and reunited more than once, and the latest dispute has spilled into public view alongside the legal proceedings.
Paul Okoye says he was cleared
By Paul’s own account, the investigation ended in his favour. He has said the EFCC invited him, his twin and their elder brother, and told them their checks were complete. According to the singer, the agency said: “Paul is cleared. Everything you accused him of, we’ve done our investigation and he’s innocent.” That account has not been independently confirmed by the commission.
The EFCC has separately pursued a case tied to the P-Square business, in which Peter Okoye appeared as a witness over alleged fraud running into billions of naira. The various threads — the petition, the witness testimony and the family quarrel — have made the matter difficult for fans to follow.
Why it matters
P-Square remains one of the most influential names in Afrobeats history, so any legal cloud over its members draws national attention. The emergence of the petition explains how Paul’s name entered official records, but it leaves the central question — who triggered the probe and why — still contested between the brothers.
It is also a reminder of how money disputes can fracture even the closest creative partnerships. P-Square’s split has played out over royalties, management decisions and control of the brand the brothers built together, and the financial probe has become the latest front in a feud that fans had hoped was behind them.
Viorah TV is reporting this story neutrally. The claims and counter-claims have not all been tested, and being named in a petition is not proof of any offence. We will update readers as the case and the family’s statements develop.
