The All
Progressives Congress (APC) youth renaissance group has urged security agencies
in Nigeria to arrest Peter Okoye, one of the identical twins and R&B
Nigerian singers P-square, for “disrespecting our government and bringing it to
a disrepute."
This was in
reaction to posts on social media by the P-Square brothers and their elder
brother Jude Okoye after the Nigerian Government announced plans to stop movie
and music video production abroad.
Peter on
Sunday announced that he was set to dump Nigeria and become a citizen of
another country, adding that he is sometimes ashamed to be called a Nigerian
over government’s failure “since 1960.”
He wrote:
“And our Government been failing us since 1960.
“Dear FG, for
your information! All the Shame way una dey bring for dis our country na we dey entertainers
dey cover una Nash! Ndi ala."
Responding to
the post, the APC group in a statement signed by its national secretary, Mr
Collins Edwin, said P-Square would not have been successful if not for policies
by the Nigerian government.
Below is the
statement:
“We read the
scurrilous remarks credited to Mr Peter Okoye of the Psquare group against the
Federal Government’s job-saving policy in the entertainment industry with great
anger and vexation.
“Least of all
persons to make scathing remark against the government is the Psquare group
which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted-up from the
valley of obscurity.
“Where was
Peter Okoye or Psquare brand in 1999 when foreign music dominated our airwaves?
If not for the government policy which mandated all broadcast stations in
Nigeria to pay attention to Nigerian music by playing 95 percent of Nigerian
songs every day, would Peter Okoye or Psquare be known to anybody in Nigeria
today? Or would they have competed with better American music which dominated
our airwaves then?
“After the
government have used its policy to brush them up from nothing to something;
instead of giving opportunity to other people, they are taking Nigerian jobs to
foreign countries through the shooting of music videos abroad.
“Now that
government have intervened to raise great and better entertainers again, Peter
Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government by calling our great
leaders ‘Ndi Ala’ which means mad and stupid people. How dare you say that
Psquare?
“We,
therefore, urge the security agencies in the country to arrest Mr Peter Okoye
for disrespecting our government and bringing it to a disrepute. If you cannot
produce in Nigeria and hire Nigerians, then leave the industry. We must export
Nigerian culture to the outside world through our music and videos.”
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