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BREACH OF CONTRACT: SUPREME COURT ORDERS P-SQUARE TO PAY 25M TO PROMOTER

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has delivered a landmark judgment in a long-standing breach of contract case, ordering popular music duo P-Square (Peter and Paul Okoye) and their brother Jude Okoye to pay promoter Patrick Arueze approximately N25 million in damages. The case, which dates back to 2011, arose when Arueze invited P-Square to perform at a show in Benin City, but the group failed to appear.  Arueze subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Okoyes in the Edo State High Court, presided over by Justice Esther Edigin, alleging breach of contract. The Okoyes attempted to reverse the judgment through a motion dated October 3, 2016, but the court dismissed their appeal.  Undeterred, they filed a motion for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal, Benin Division, which was also dismissed.  The musicians later issued a cheque through a commercial bank to settle the matter, but when Arueze presented the cheque to the bank, the Okoyes instructed their lawyers to file another motion at th