More family drama from the Adebayors, sit tight grab your pop corn, Here's what I think Adebayor is being immature, we all have family drama or wahala as we say on this side of town but which family doesn't? Is how you fix it that matters after all this drama they'll settle and the embarrassment this social media outburst has brought to the family will still remain. But then again common, what do i even know?!
Emmanuel Adebayor has accused younger
brother Rotimi of stealing a shirt given to him by the late Marc-Vivien
Foe, a signed jersey that belonged to Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane
and a £25,000 Cartier necklace the Tottenham striker had bought for his
mother.
In a follow-up to 'part one' of a
statement he released on Facebook last week - where he claimed Rotimi
had taken 21 mobile phones from a French football academy he had got him
a place in - Adebayor has delivered on his promise that there was
much more to come.
The Togo international has now posted an
incredible 1,041-word instalment, this time focusing on his younger
brother who he says repeatedly stole from him.
Adebayor, who left his homeland to join
Metz as a teenager in 1999, claims his sibling had a master key in his
house and 'frequently' stole items from a storage room, as well as
taking and selling football boots he intended to give to people in
Africa.
The 31-year-old also says Rotimi is responsible for changing his relationship with good friend Jacques Songo'o after stealing a PlayStation Portable from the retired Cameroonian footballer's son.
In another incredibly personal story
shared on social media, Adebayor details his relationship with his
brother, who he says 'did something very bad' at the age of 13 and had
to move away from his family in Lome.
The former Arsenal forward, who made his
first appearance for Spurs in just under two months last weekend, says
that once he started to become successful in football he decided to
bring Rotimi back to the city and put him in a school after hearing he
was 'suffering'.
The necklace he says Rotimi took from him was worth around £25,000, according to Adebayor
Adebayor says he moved on from many of
the supposed thefts as 'blood is thicker than water' but that he was
sharing the information on Sunday as 'every story comes with a lesson'.
His last post, released last Tuesday,
claimed he was not allowed to see his late sibling Peter when he was
'seriously ill' and was instead told by his mother to 'just give money'.
He says he sent brother Kola money to
fly back for Peter's funeral, but he never attended, as well as claiming
his sister rented out a $1.2million house in Ghana he had bought her
without him knowing.
Anthony Rotimi Adebayor was offered a
chance at the Metz football academy by his older brother, according to
Emmanuel, and was accused of stealing 21 mobile phones from his
team-mates.
Rotimi is said to have argued that he
did not take that much but Emmanuel says he asked him why he had taken
drinks and other items from his home, to which he replied 'because I am
your brother'.
Rotimi, now 24, who was most recently on
the cards of Belgian second division side Boussu Dour Borinage in 2012
and has had trials at Real Vallodolid, was then bought first-class
tickets to Dubai by the Premier League ace for another chance in
football but left after four days as it was a strictly Muslim place and
he 'couldn't drink, party as much as he wanted or kiss girls in public'
Adebayor recently met up with Chelsea striker Didier Drogba to discuss his problems.
He felt the need to go on Peace FM back
in November to refute claims made by his sister Maggie that he had
kicked his own mother out of his house.
His sister Margaret claimed during an
hour-long interview with Peace FM that the reason behind his decision
was because he thought his mother was a witch, to which Adebayor said:
'I never sacked my mum from the house. She decided to leave the house.
'How am I going to be in touch with my
mum if my mum is the one telling everyone that my work will not go
forward, so I will just be on my side and do my thing.
'They should stop talking, they should stop doing Juju on me, they should leave me alone.
'I bought a $1.2m house in East Legon
for the one talking and calling herself my sister. Can you imagine that
sister went to rent the house without my knowledge?'
It remains unclear whom he was directing his request for people to 'stop doing Juju on him' at.
Adebayor says part three of the family
revelations will be coming soon, and it will be about 'the man that
calls himself the father of the family @Kola Adebayor'
EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR'S 1,041-WORD FACEBOOK STATEMENT
His full post reads: 'SEA, here is another part of the story I have kept inside since.
'Today I feel the constant need to let
it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes
with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this. This
is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support
for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did
something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our
parents had to send him to a village far from the big city. When I
started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at
that time one of my mother’s friend came from the village to visit us.
As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately
asked them to bring him back into the city. As soon as he came back, I
made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal.
'In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in
Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé.
May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt
in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold
it.
'When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we
reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against
Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was
lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine
Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a
way to steal that shirt and sold it.
'When I was in Metz, I was earning about
€15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank
her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy. So I decided to
take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier
neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom)
and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless.
They sold it for about €800. When my mom and I found out, my mother
asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother. Despite the
situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the
mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day!
'In my house, I have a storage room
where I keep some of my belongings when I travel back to Europe. I am
the only one with that key but my brother managed to get a master key
that was able to open every single door in the house. He frequently
stole drinks and other items from that room.
'After all this we kept saying “blood is
thicker than water” and we moved on. Therefore, I decided to take him
where I started my football in France. I brought him to a great football
academy in France. You already know how this story ended. He stole
cellphones from many of his teammates and they sacked him from the
football academy. By the way, after I published the first story about
him, he called me to say that he did not steal exactly 21 phones. He
claimed that the number was lower than that. Still...Is that acceptable?
He also added that I should be happy that he stole drinks and other
items from my storage room. I asked him why and he replied: "Because I
am your brother".
'Jacques Songo’o who is now a retired
Cameroonian footballer also had his son in the academy and he was a good
friend of Rotimi. Let me add that he was part of my development as a
footballer and he always gave me good advices. I was in Togo on my days
off when Songo’ocalled me; he sounded very angry. He explained to me how
my brother stole his son’s PSP. When I asked my brother why he did
that, he argued that he forgot it in his bag. How can you forget someone
else’s device in your bag and travel with it from France to Togo? Since
that day, my relationship with Songo'o changed and he has become pretty
distant with me and my family.
'I was still in Monaco when I decided to
collect all football boots from my teammates so I could give them to
people in Africa. I had a huge bag full of shoes. I brought that bag to
Togo. A few days after when I decided to give the boots out to the
people in need, I noticed the bag full of boots disappeared. Later on, I
found out that my brother was the one who stole the bag and went to
sell the shoes in Hedzranawoé (famous public market in Togo).
'One day, my mom called me early in the
morning when I was still in bed. She told me that Rotimi has gotten a
Visa to go to Dubai so he can play football out there. He had to leave
that day with his friend Kodjovi (@Denilson de Souza) who was in the
same situation. It was either they went that day or the Visa would be
suspended. I asked one of my guys at the time (@Agui Mozino) to go find
tickets for my brother and his friend. We could not find any economy
class ticket on that day so I had to get them both first class tickets.
After all, it was an opportunity for him to make his own career in
Dubai. Only 4days later, Rotimi went back home. He explained how the
lifestyle in Dubai was not made for him. He said he wasn’t free to do
what he wanted to do because it is a strictly Muslim place. He couldn't
drink, party as much as he wanted or kiss girls in public.
'The part 3 is coming out soon and it
will be about the man that calls himself the father of the family @Kola
Adebayor A.K.A Lion of Juda
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