VeryDarkMan exit from the P-Square feud follows online backlash as the activist shares blame among Jude Okoye, Peter Okoye and otherse
Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, on Sunday, 9 August 2026, in Nigeria, announced his withdrawal from the family dispute involving musicians Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye and their elder brother, Jude Okoye, following sustained criticism over his involvement.
The decision came after VeryDarkMan faced pressure online to distance himself from the dispute, having earlier defended Jude Okoye and questioned allegations raised by Peter Okoye concerning the former P-Square manager.
VeryDarkMan’s latest position, however, was not a complete endorsement of either side.
The activist said his assessment came after listening to both Peter Okoye and Jude Okoye, arguing that responsibility for the breakdown should not rest with one person.
VeryDarkMan attributed 40 per cent of the blame to Jude Okoye, 30 per cent to Peter Okoye and the remaining 30 per cent to Peter Okoye’s wife, family members and others connected to the dispute.
“Well personally after listening to Jude and Peter, if you ask me who to put the blame on, I will say I will put 40 percent of the blame on Jude, and I put 30 percent of the blame on Peter,” VeryDarkMan said.
He said Jude’s refusal to leave his management position after Peter had reportedly sought his removal was one of the factors that contributed to the family breakdown.
VeryDarkMan also rejected suggestions that Peter had privately confided in him and that he subsequently exposed those conversations publicly. He alleged instead that Peter had attempted to use his involvement in the dispute.
“Bro wanted to use me,” VeryDarkMan wrote in the caption accompanying his video.
The remarks marked a notable shift from VeryDarkMan’s earlier intervention, which had drawn criticism from Nigerians who felt the activist should not have become involved in a deeply personal family matter.
The latest controversy comes against the backdrop of a much older dispute between the Okoye brothers.
P-Square, made up of twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, became one of Nigeria’s most successful music duos after rising to prominence in the early 2000s.
Their relationship with Jude, who managed the group, later became entangled with disagreements over management, finances and control.
Peter and Jude’s disagreements became public as far back as 2016, when Peter announced that he had removed Jude as P-Square’s manager.
The brothers eventually reunited in 2021 after several years apart, but the reconciliation proved short-lived. Peter and Paul later went their separate ways again, continuing their individual careers as Mr P and Rudeboy.
The financial dimension of the dispute subsequently moved beyond social media and into the courts.
In 2025, Peter testified before a Federal High Court in Lagos in an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission case involving Jude.
Peter alleged that money belonging to P-Square had been diverted and told the court that he had experienced difficulties accessing funds during Jude’s period as manager. The allegations remain matters for judicial determination.
The legal proceedings have also produced important qualifications to some of the claims circulating publicly.
In December 2025, the EFCC told a Lagos court that it had no evidence supporting Peter’s specific allegation concerning an alleged $800,000 withdrawal.
That wider history helps explain why VeryDarkMan’s intervention attracted such strong public reaction.
What might ordinarily have remained a private family disagreement has, over several years, developed into a mixture of music-industry history, financial allegations, legal proceedings and highly public exchanges.
VeryDarkMan has now said he intends to leave that argument behind.
His attention, he said, would turn to preparing for an appearance before a police panel concerning his allegations against Assistant Inspector-General of Police Jimoh Moshood.
The withdrawal offers a potentially calmer moment in an otherwise intense public dispute, although it does not resolve the underlying disagreements between Peter, Paul and Jude Okoye.
For now, VeryDarkMan’s exit leaves the Okoye family dispute where it has largely remained: divided between competing accounts, legal questions and the hope that a deeply personal conflict can eventually find a quieter resolution.
