NOTE FROM Emmanuel Adebayor to All African
Youth. Last year, Emmanuel Adebayor made
headlines for allegedly calling his mother a witch
and kicking her out of his house.His family
members accused him of not taking care of
them..The 31 year old striker has now told his
side of the story on his Facebook page SEA, I
have kept these stories for a long time but I think
today it is worth sharing some of them with you.
It’s true that family matters should be solved
internally and not in public but I am doing this so
that hopefully all families can learn from what
happened in mine. Also keep in mind that none of
this is about money. 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. 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 check ups. 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. Reading your recent
comments, some people said my family and I
should consult T.B Joshua. In 2013, I gave my
mother money so she could consult him in
Nigeria. She was supposed to stay for 1 week;
but 2 days into her stay, I received a call saying
she left. 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? A couple
years ago, I bought a house in East Lagon
(Ghana) for $1.2 million. 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. She also kicked Daniel out
of that house. Note that the house had about 15
rooms. 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.
Ask her about the car she is driving or anything
she is selling today?My brother Kola Adebayor,
has now been in Germany for 25 years. He
travelled back home about 4 times, at my
expense. I fully cover the cost of his children’s
education. When I was in Monaco, he came to me
and asked for money to start a business. Only
God knows how much I gave him. Where is that
business today? When our brother Peter passed
away, I sent Kola a great amount of money so he
could fly back home. He never showed up at the
burial. And today that same brother (Kola) is
telling people that I am involved in Peter’s death.
How? He is the same brother who went and told
inaccurate stories about our family to “The Sun”
in other to take some money. They also sent a
letter to my Club when I was in Madrid so I could
get fired. 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. I would not say
any anything about my brother Peter Adebayor
because he is not here today. May his soul rest
in peace. My sister Lucia Adebayor keeps telling
people that my dad told me to bring her to
Europe. But what would be the purpose to bring
her to Europe ? Everyone is here for a reason. I
was in Ghana when I received the news about my
brother Peter being seriously ill. 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. People are saying I
didn’t do anything to save my brother, Peter. Am I
a fool to drive 2 hours to Togo for nothing? I
organized 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.
Today I am still alive and they have already
shared all my goods, just in case I die. For all
these reasons, it took very long for me to set up
my foundation in Africa. Every time I try to help
the people in need, they had to question me and
all of them thought it was a bad idea. If I am
writing this, the main purpose is not to expose
my family members. I just want other African
families to learn from this. Thank you.

Adebayo family saga! Isn't this becoming boring?