A-list footballer Emmanuel
Adebayor has shared more messy details about his younger brother, Rotimi
Adebayor that steals. And according to him, he's not even going to stop at
Rotimi. Part 3 of him exposing his family members is coming out soon and it will
be about the man that calls himself the father of the family, Kola Adebayor.
When a fan asked if one story wasn't enough, Emmanuel replied her saying:
When a fan asked if one story wasn't enough, Emmanuel replied her saying:
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 Judah.
