adminACCRA — Togolese soccer striker Emmanuel Adebayor has accused his mother and sisters of plotting against him using “juju”.
Togo and Tottenham Hotspurs striker, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor has claimed that his own mother and relatives have been plotting “juju” (witchcraft) against him aimed at bringing his career to a premature end.
The player told Accra-based radio station, Peace Fm on Thursday when he was asked about his relationship with his family: “How can I talk to a mother who together with my sisters have been plotting juju against me?”
The player, speaking to British newspaper the Daily Mail in 2009, had spoken of his pride at representing his family internationally when he started his career in France, claiming he was “playing for their sake.”
“At the airport my mum said, ‘go to France and 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,” he had said.
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.
The now overly rich Togo captain apparently sent his mother packing from his house over a year ago and has not set eyes or spoken with her since.
Adebayor’s sister Maggie had earlier revealed in a interview with the station that the Tottenham Hotspur striker had abandoned his family, leaving them in an impoverished state and had declined to answer any of the calls they had made to him for 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,” she said.
In a sharp response, Adebayor confirmed to the same radio station that he has neglected his mother and is out of touch with her and his siblings because they have an evil agenda against him.— Allsports.
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