Emmanuel Adebayor
Former
African Footballer of the Year Emmanuel Adebayor has launched an
astonishing attack on his family, in which the Tottenham Hotspur striker
accuses them of turning their backs on him, renting out property he
paid for without his knowledge. In the case of his brother Rotimi,
Adebayor accused him stealing mobile telephones while at a football
academy in France.
In a lengthy Facebook post, the
Togo international Adebayor talked about the financial burden of
supporting his family but his reasons for bringing the issues light were
an effort for other families to “learn from what happened in mine”,
adding “keep in mind that none of this is about money.”
In the post, he has claimed he was
prevented from seeing his now-deceased brother Peter who was seriously
ill and was told by his mother to “just give money”. He also says that,
after a 2005 meeting to resolve their family’s problems, he was told to
build each member a house and to pay them a monthly wage.
“I was in Ghana when I received the news
about my brother Peter being seriously ill,” Adebayor claimed. “I drove
the fastest I could to Togo in order to meet him and help. When I
arrived, my mother said I could not see him and I should just give the
money and she would solve everything. Only God knows how much I gave her
that day.
“I
organised a meeting in 2005 to solve our family issues. When I asked
them about their opinion, they said I should build each family member a
house and give each of them a monthly wage.”
Adebayor, who played for Metz and Monaco
before moving to the Premier League with first Arsenal in 2006, then on
to Manchester City and Tottenham, said of his brother Rotimi, “When I
was in Monaco I thought it would be good to have a family of
footballers. So I made sure my brother Rotimi gets into a football
academy in France. Within a few months; out of 27 players, he stole 21
phones.”
He has also claimed that his sister
rented out a house he bought in Ghana for her to stay in without his
permission. “A couple years ago, I bought a house in East Lagon (Ghana)
for $1.2m,” claimed Adebayor. “I found it normal to let my older sister,
Yabo Adebayor stay in that house. I also allowed my half brother
(Daniel) to stay in the same house.
A few months later, I was on vacation and
decided to go to that house. At my surprise, I saw many cars in the
driveway. In fact, my sister decided to rent out the house without me
knowing.
“When I called her and asked for
explanation, she took about 30 minutes to abuse and insult me over the
phone. I called my mother to explain the situation and she did the same
as my sister. This same sister says I am ungrateful.”
Last November, Adebayor denied stories he
had kicked his mother out of his house in Togo and accused people of
practising witchcraft against him. He has now claimed she has turned her
back on him, despite using his face in order to promote a cookie
business.
“At the age of 17, with my first wages as
a footballer, I built a house for my family and made sure they are
safe,” he wrote. “As you all know, I have received the trophy of African
Player of the Year in 2008. I also brought my mother on stage with me
to thank her for everything. In that same year, I brought her to London
for various medical checkups. When my daughter was born, we contacted my
mum to inform her but she immediately hung up the phone and didn’t
wanna know hear about it.
“Apart from all that l also gave my
mother a great amount of money to start a business of cookies and
different items. Naturally, I allowed them to put my name and picture on
them so they can sell more. What else can a son do in his power to
support his family?”
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