Emmanuel Adebayor with his junior brother, Rotimi Adebayor
The family ‘’wahala’’ between
Tottenham striker, Emmanuel Adebayor and his family seem to be far from
over. The footballer took to his
facebook page once again to reveal more negative information focusing more on
his junior brother, Rotimi Adebayo, whom he accuses of stealing severally from
others and from him.
Read his write up directly below.
‘’See, 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 Judah.
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