Popular musicians Paul and Peter Okoye, aka Psquare have broken their silence on their alleged involvement in the death of their mother.
On Thursday, July 12, 2012, the world received the sad news of the death of Mrs Josephine Okoye.
She was reported to have died after an unsuccessful heart surgery in an
Indian hospital in Kolkata. NET gathered that the supportive mother,
who had been a pillar of support to her children, had been ill for a
while, as her last public appearance was the Psquare Invasion concert in
August 2011. She took ill shortly after and was diagnosed with a severe
case of diabetes. Although initially admitted at the St. Nicholas
hospital in Lagos, she was eventually flown abroad after her case
deteriorated.
Mrs. Okoye passed away after over 5
hours of heart surgery, according to Psquare’s older brother, Jude
Okoye, ‘You know that she was a prayer warrior, so I don’t need to tell
you how she stood by us spiritually. Besides, she was the only one that
believed in us when we decided to make a career out of music. I can
remember that she used to sneak us out at night then to attend shows
without the consent of our father who insisted that we must quit music
to face our education’ he added.
Sympathizers, included friends,
colleagues and fans thronged the artistes’ Omole residence to sign the
condolence register and commiserate with the brothers.
While the Okoye family where busy making
arrangements to give their beloved mother a proper and befitting burial
in their home town in Anambra State, rumours broke out alleging that
the brothers were members of the Illuminati Cult and had sacrificed
their mom for fame and wealth.The rumour mongers were quick to come up
with various theories to back up their allegations, a few of them
including their riches and fame, joining Akon’s Konvict Music and
featuring popular American rapper Rick Ross in one of their songs, among
many other stories.
The absence of many friends and colleagues in the music industry at the Burial also
fueled the rumours, as many claimed many of the artistes were afraid of
being attached to the alleged Illuminati caucus. The Illuminati is
alleged to be a conspiratorial organization, which is alleged to
mastermind events and control world affairs through governments and
corporations to establish a New World Order, they most common sign is
that of a pyramid (The triangle shape).
While this was shocking to the Okoye’s, who were still in mourning, they remained silent.
However, in a recent interview with the
Punch, while answering various questions on their career success and
achievements so far, they were asked about their mom’s death and the
allegations, read excerpts from the interview:
How do you feel about your mum’ s death?
We feel so bad to know that our mum is
no more. But who are we to question the Almighty God. Traditionally, we
are supposed to bury her and not the other way round. It is just that it
happened so soon.. Indeed, her death was a big blow to us.
It was rumoured that you people knew what happened to her?
Then, it is too bad to hear that people
are accusing us of being responsible for our mum’s death. We are not
blaming anybody. People are free to say what they want to say. We begin
to wonder whether there is anything that will ever make us to go for
the life of our beloved mother.
Her life cannot be quantified in terms
of money or fame. So, our answer to this question is that we have no
hand in our mum’s death. We only blame the death that snatched her away
from us if not so, people won’t be pointing accusing fingers at us. She
died after a brief illness.
Aside [from] your mum’s death, there was another rumour that you guys have joined Illuminati?
We are short of words. Why would anybody
say such things about us? Well, the fact remains that we do not belong
to any secret cult, whether Illuminati or anything you call it. We owe
our achievements and everything that is happening to us to Almighty God.
In recent times, many Nigerian artistes
with international relations or ties, whose success and rise to stardom
appears fast, are quickly accused of being members of the devilish
Illuminati cult such artistes include the likes of, D’banj, Wizkid and
even the late Dagrin. While many still claim, it’s all a farce others
are quick to accept signs and tattoos done by the suspected members as
proof.
-Punch.
