The All Progressives Congress (APC) youth renaissance grouping has urged safety agencies inward Nigeria to arrest Peter Okoye, ane of the identical twins together with R&B Nigerian singers P-square, for “disrespecting our regime together with bringing it to a disrepute."
This was inward reaction to posts on social media past times the P-Square brothers together with their elderberry blood brother Jude Okoye afterwards the Nigerian Government announced plans to halt painting together with music video production abroad.
Peter on Dominicus announced that he was laid upward to dump Nigeria together with larn a citizen of unopen to other country, adding that he is sometimes ashamed to survive 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 province na nosotros dey entertainers dey comprehend una Nash! Ndi ala."
Responding to the post, the APC grouping inward a controversy signed past times its national secretary, Mr Collins Edwin, said P-Square would non accept been successful if non for policies past times the Nigerian government.
Below is the statement:
“We read the scurrilous remarks credited to Mr Peter Okoye of the Psquare grouping against the Federal Government’s job-saving policy inward the amusement manufacture alongside bully anger together with vexation.
“Least of all persons to build scathing remark against the regime is the Psquare grouping which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted-up from the valley of obscurity.
“Where was Peter Okoye or Psquare build inward 1999 when unusual music dominated our airwaves? If non for the regime policy which mandated all broadcast stations inward Nigeria to pay attending to Nigerian music past times playing 95 per centum of Nigerian songs every day, would Peter Okoye or Psquare survive known to anybody inward Nigeria today? Or would they accept competed alongside meliorate American music which dominated our airwaves then?
“After the regime accept used its policy to brush them upward from zilch to something; instead of giving chance to other people, they are taking Nigerian jobs to unusual countries through the shooting of music videos abroad.
“Now that regime accept intervened to enhance bully together with meliorate entertainers again, Peter Okoye has the gut to insult the entire Federal Government past times calling our bully leaders ‘Ndi Ala’ which agency mad together with stupid people. How dare yous say that Psquare?
“We, therefore, urge the safety agencies inward the province to arrest Mr Peter Okoye for disrespecting our regime together with bringing it to a disrepute. If yous cannot hit inward Nigeria together with hire Nigerians, so larn out the industry. We must export Nigerian civilisation to the exterior basis through our music together with videos.”