Here goes a press statement from Icon Weekly over the purported statements made by Psquare’ publicist, Bayo Adetu which he has since denied.
“Our attention has been drawn to a cheaply concocted and malicious
statement from Mr. Bayo Adetu, P-Square’s publicist, over an interview
he granted us on Friday, April 25, 2014 via his Globacom line
– 07051515111.
Ordinarily, we had thought of ignoring his unfounded cock and bull
response released on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, but for the influx of
questions the said reaction has raised about our integrity and
credibility as a reliable news medium.
First, we would want to state it clearly that Mr. Adetu either
released his statement under the influence of alcohol or perhaps its
equivalence, since his statement was neither an acceptance nor total
denial of ever granting the interview.
For the records, due to an erratic network, our conversation was
interrupted, breaking the interview into bits. For instance, the first
conversation lasted for – 00:18:27, the second – 00:01:59, the third –
00:00:39; then he returned the call which eventually lasted for
00:03:37.
Apart from the above call record, we also want to inform Mr. Adetu
and the general public that we have as another proof, the audio of the
said interview, which we may be forced to release online if need be.
To further give credence to our exclusive report, it may interest
you to know that Mr. Bayo Adetu was quoted by ENCOMIUM MAGAZINE in their
current edition of Tuesday, April 29, 2014 (Vol. 17, No. 50), to have
confirmed that the P-Square break-up tale was indeed a stunt created by
Nigerian bloggers.
The interview reads in part: “… When the whole thing started, I
told people that it was not true, that there was no fight between the
Okoye Brothers. But people insisted that there was a fight, so I left
them to go ahead and write whatever they wanted.
“In that sense, they (bloggers) created the stunt themselves and
it’s something we laughed at, each time we came across such stories.
“The Facebook account that people said belongs to Paul is fake,
neither Paul nor Peter has a Facebook account; it’s all fake, posted by
dubious people to mislead the public.”
Now, the question we have for Mr. Adetu is: was the ENCOMIUM
interview also fabricated? And if not, what was different from our
initial report?
However, with our heads held high up, we boldly stand by our
report, and we remain in our firm resolve to serve Nigerians with the
truth, and unbiased report of events as our vision statement reads.