APC calls for arrest of P-
square for “insulting” federal
government
ENTERTAINMENT
Published on July 18, 2017
By John Owen Nwachukwu
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, youth
renaissance group has reacted to Peter Okoye of
P-square’s perceived ‘insult’ on the Federal
government of Nigeria.
The brothers via their Instagram pages had
questioned the federal government’s purported
move to ban production of music videos abroad.
They said the federal government was trying to
control what it never supported, adding that one
day, a law would surface that will monitor how
they sleep with their wives.
Reacting in a statement signed by the APC youths
national secretary, Collins Edwin, the group
described Peter Okoye as a “son of darkness.”
According to APC, “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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