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Peter and Paul popularly known as P square have revealed that they played alongside Mikel Obi many years ago in Jos.
P-square made this revelation when granting an interview on cable TV, CNN and they gave reasons why they abandoned their dreams of becoming professional footballers.
According to them, Peter featured in Pepsi Academy alongside Mikel Obi in Jos.
However, Paul gave up on his goal of becoming a goalkeeper due to his age. Paul said, “We played football, Peter played with Mikel [Obi] at Pepsi Academy. I was a keeper, but I gave up because I could tell age was coming.
But then Nigeria won this football, Atlanta Olympic 96′ I think. Their interest in football was rekindled when Nigeria won the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and they were inspired by the rewards given to the footballers by the then-president.
However Peter believes entertainment and music precisely will take him to greater places around the world, and so it was time for him to leave being local. “But remember, at the same time we were having this situation whereby I was playing for Pepsi Academy. So, if we were trying to wear boots, and I’m like, ‘I’m gonna remain local. Entertainment is about to take me internationally.’
Few years along the line, they both realized that music was their calling and chose to focus on it.
According to them, if they had pursued football they would have retired by now, because it’s a sport that allows players to engage in it for just short period of time
Both Peter and Paul are still doing music with no retirement date in sight.