Peter Okoye’s latest music video, centered on his marriage to Lola Omotayo, is being received as more than a romantic release. Coming as Peter continues to publicly revisit the history of the P-Square family conflict, the video has effectively become another chapter in a dispute that refuses to stay in the past.
The timing matters. In recent weeks, Peter has released a series of accounts about the family breakdown, including allegations that his late mother and his brothers, Paul and Jude, mistreated Lola during her pregnancy. Peter has alleged that his family wanted her to terminate the pregnancy and later subjected her to humiliating treatment. Those claims have prompted a response from Paul, who appeared to defend their late mother without directly addressing every allegation.
Now, a song celebrating Lola has landed in the middle of that controversy. And that raises an uncomfortable question: is Peter trying to tell his side of the story, or is the P-Square feud becoming a permanent content cycle?
There is clearly an audience for it. The original P-Square breakup has already involved disputes over money, management and family relationships, and Peter’s current tell-all has introduced another layer by revisiting events from more than a decade ago.
Supporters see Peter’s approach differently. To them, he is finally explaining why he stood by his wife and why certain family relationships became irreparable. His recent account also included claims about Lola helping him financially during one of the family’s difficult periods, including securing ₦30 million through her father.
But the longer the story continues publicly, the harder it becomes to separate closure from escalation.
Oyigidu’s criticism captures one side of the debate, arguing that Peter’s decision to keep major personal developments private from his family, including his pregnancy announcement, contributed to the original breakdown. That interpretation, however, is an opinion rather than an established account of what happened.
And that is precisely the problem with celebrity family disputes: the internet gets the allegations, reactions and counter-reactions, but rarely gets the complete private context.
For Peter, the immediate benefit is obvious: he controls his own narrative. But the cost could be that every new song, interview or social-media post keeps the family conflict alive. At some point, fans may stop asking who was right. They may simply start asking when the story ends.
