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‘I pray that someday, I’ll be your little boy again’- Peter Okoye remembers mum’s death 10 yrs after

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Popular Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye of PSquare fame has said he hopes to someday become his mother’s little boy again.


The father of two who is obviously still missing his late mum took to his Instagram page to express how he feels.

Sharing some of her photos, Okoye wrote, “I pray that someday in heaven, I will be your little boy again.

Missing You Mom. Continue resting🙏🏽 🕯#10YearsAfter #12July2012.”

It would be recalled that the mother of Paul and Peter Okoye Mrs. Josephine Okoye died five hours after a heart surgery in an Indian hospital at about 11pm (3am Indian time).

The deceased, who was a devoted christian and church minister in Jos, Plateau State, died after a protracted battle with an undisclosed heart illness.

The late Mrs. Okoye was first admitted at St. Nicholas hospital, Lagos, but when there was no assuring development on her health, she was transferred to another hospital in Kolkata, India, where she eventually died.

Mrs. Okoye, is also  popularly known as a major pillar and source of inspiration to the singing twin brothers (P-Square).

For Peter,  their mother is be greatly missed, not just because she was their mother, but because she played a vital role in the success story of P-Square.

”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,” Peter had said a few days after she died.