Nigerians on social media have compared the situation Prince Harry and Meghan Markle encountered in the royal family with the marriage between Peter Okoye and his wife, Lola.
In a no-holds-barred interview with talkshow host, Oprah Winfrey, Markle said that she faced aggression from royals while she lived in the palace due to her race.
This made her husband, Prince Harry, to take sides with her and they decided to step down from royal duties and moved to America.
Twitter users have taken to the platform to reexamine the case of popular singer, Peter Okoye, fondly called Mr P ― one half of the defunct singing group, P Square.
There are speculations that the music group, which consisted of twin brothers, Peter and Paul, began having issues after Mr P decided to marry Lola. It was also alleged that their mother was not in support of the marriage before her death, but the singer went ahead to fulfil his wishes.
Nigerians took to Twitter to compare both situations
A Nigerian entertainment writer, Joey Akan, noted that Peter Okoye did more to protect his wife than Prince Harry. He tweeted, “Peter Okoye (Mr P) did more than Harry to protect his wife. Fought his family and left them; quarrelled with his twin, scattered Psquare ― a legacy world-beating successful music group ― for his wife. But he was still villainized here by men and women. Is he not a Nigerian man?”
Another Twitter user, @Letter_to_Jack, in several tweets, queried why Peter Okoye was not praised the way everyone was hailing Prince Harry.
A Twitter user, @uncle_ajala, wrote, “When Peter Okoye ( P Square) stood with his wife against his family’s wish, moral lessons, praise & worship were not flying up and down. Now that Prince Harry is standing with Meghan against the royal family, see praise & worship of Harry & dragging of Nigerian men up and down.”
He wrote, “Peter Okoye was not celebrated this way for standing with his wife against his family. Why?? I mean the story kinda looks similar in a way.
