Togo and
Tottenham Hotspurs striker, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor is reported to have accused
his mother and relatives of plotting ‘juju’ (witchcraft) against him aimed at
bringing his career to a premature end.
He is said
to have sent his mother packing from his house over a year ago and has not set
eyes or spoken with her since. Adebayor’s sister called Maggie told a radio
station in Accra that the footballer has abandoned their mother and family and
won’t even respond to calls from his mother whom he has not seen in over a
year.
“As at now, our mother is selling polythene bags, padlocks and other
things on the (Ghana/Togo) border. Our mother has not seen him for more than a year
and he rejects her calls anytime. Our mother is not calling him for his money,
she just wants to see him because she loves him very much,” Adebayor’s sister
told Peace FM. Telling his own side of the story, Adebayor said:
“At the
airport my mum said, ‘Go to France so you can change the way this family
lives.’ She knew that if I succeeded in football we could have a better life
and finally get out of poverty. At 15 I wasn’t just playing for my own glory, I
was playing for the sake of my family,”
Emmanuel Adebayor once told the Daily
Mail in an interview back in 2009. It’s all a different story nowadays as a now
matured and wealthy Sheyi Adebayor has strongly defended his decision to stay
away from his family by accusing his mother of using witchcraft to attack him,
the mother he once hailed as the best in the world and went with to receive the
Africa footballer of the year award.
Adebayor confirmed to the same radio
station this morning that he has neglected his mother and is out of touch with
her and his siblings because they have an evil agenda against him. Asked when
was the last time he spoke to his mother, Adebayor replied, “How can I talk to
a mother who together with my sisters have been plotting juju against me?”
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