In November 2013, P-Square were at the height of their fame. The twin brothers had a string of hits across Africa, and Peter Okoye was one of Nigeria’s best-known entertainers. On 17 November that year, he married Lola Omotayo, his partner of many years, in a traditional ceremony at The Ark in Lekki, Lagos. The guest list included some of Nigeria’s richest people and biggest stars, and the media called it one of the weddings of the year.
Peter, Lola and the venue
Peter Okoye, now known as Mr P, is one half of P-Square with his twin brother Paul. The duo became one of Africa’s biggest pop acts in the 2000s and 2010s. Lola Omotayo had been Peter’s partner for years before their marriage. The couple already had a child together when they married. The ceremony took place at The Ark, an event centre in Lekki, Lagos.
The wedding was a traditional ceremony, with the bride and groom in elaborate traditional outfits.
Guests, cost and access cards
Guests included business leaders such as Aliko Dangote and Folorunsho Alakija, as well as many Nigerian entertainers. Media reports described the wedding as one of the most expensive celebrity weddings in Nigeria at the time. Before the wedding, guests received special access cards, which were widely reported in the media. The wedding came during P-Square’s peak years, before the brothers split in 2017. They later reunited in 2021.
The couple have children and have shared family moments with fans over the years. Their anniversaries are often marked with social media posts. The wedding was part of a wave of high-profile Nigerian celebrity weddings in the 2010s.
Fashion and the chairman
The couple’s outfits were widely discussed in fashion blogs. The couple’s relationship had been followed by fans for years, and the announcement of the wedding date drew excitement across Nigeria and the wider P-Square fan base in Africa. Media coverage began weeks before the ceremony. Ahead of the ceremony, reports said telecoms billionaire Mike Adenuga had been invited to chair the occasion, adding to the sense that this was a society event as much as a celebrity wedding.
Peter Okoye spent years performing for crowds of thousands. On 17 November 2013, at The Ark in Lekki, the crowd came to watch him get married.
