Rotimi Adebayor who was accused of stealing and several other
allegations levelled against him by his older brother has finally
opened up on his own side of the story in this revealing interview
with the Sun .
Read below...
Are the allegations levelled against you untrue?
I have my own story as well but ‘Omo ti owo e o ti te eeku
ida ko gbodo bere iku ti o pa baba re’ (A child who is yet to
take control of the sword should not seek reasons for his
father’s death)
But you have apologized to him; did he accept your plea?
No response from him yet. I apologised because he is my
elder brother and we have resolved so settle issues
amicably. My elder sister advised us to bury the hatchet.
You met him at a training pitch yesterday (Thursday, May 21)…
Yes, we met and he said, ‘Omo Iya ba wo ni’ (My brother
how are you). However, I didn’t play with them because I
wasn’t in the mood.
And you didn’t wait for him after the training.
No, I was there till he left but he didn’t greet me as he drove
off.
He is a superstar indeed?
I agree, yes he is
And you annoyed him so much that he made such revelations about
you?
Hmh! I can’t explain what happened
But you know what happened to the missing 21 phones including
play station games from 27 players?
(Smiles) No, 26 players excluding me. ‘Mi o kin se ole’ (I am
not a thief)
Is it because you cannot steal your own phone?
‘Mi o ji mobile phone, Mo ri he ni’ (I didn’t steal any mobile
phone. I fortuitously found them and picked)
How did it happen and when?
It was at the FC Metz football Academy in France and I was
14 years old then. My mates were already at the training
pitch on that day, so I was running to meet up with them
when I found the mobile phone on the aisle within the
training complex.
So you picked it and didn’t declare that you found a mobile phone,
which belongs to your teammate.
That was the mistake I made and I regretted it thereafter.
Actually I kept it on the table in my room and my roommate
wanted to know who owns the phone because he didn’t
have any then. I told him how I found it, and then he de
manded to make use of it.
What’s his name?
Kelvin. He is an American and the owner of the phone is
from Asia but from an ‘Arab country’ The ‘Arab’ boy saw the
phone with Kelvin and immediately reported the case to the
management of the academy.
They informed my brother about it. He called me to hear my
side of the story but I was later informed to pack my things
out of the academy.
Your brother has released three posts on Facebook to paint a bad
picture of the family?
It’s really disheartening that such a thing is happening to us
right now. My wife was mocked at the market after the first
post Seyi (Emmanuel Adebayor) published on Facebook.
She called me to inform me about what people are saying.
Immediately I logged in and read the post. I felt very sad.
What did you do thereafter?
I called him and asked him why he had to do that but he got
angry with me. We had a heated argument on phone, which
led to unprintable words being used freely. As a matter of
fact, we quarrelled over the phone for almost two hours.
You hurled insults on your elder brother who made you and the Ade
bayor family famous?
Yes I did that because I felt very sad and embarrassed. Then
he made a decision to inflict more insinuations against me.
How?
He called my phone before he released the second post on
Facebook. He asked me to go and read the second posts,
which he wanted to release in 30 minutes.
And…
He did in exactly thirty minutes and before I could log into
my F acebook account, my friends called me to quickly go
and read the second part of my ‘film’.
What film?
The post he released, the second rant against the family. It’s
sad because our mother, who poured her blood on our
heads, received the greatest insult of her life. A woman who
suffered so that we can live a good life is now receiving such
a disgraceful accusation.
You mean the witchcraft allegation?
Yes and all those nonsense things he wrote against me and
our elder sister in Ghana. Well, we have decided to leave it
all in God’s hand. Our mother is a not a witch neither does
she practice witchcraft. How can your mother wish you bad
luck? I play football as well and I know that players do suffer
loss of form. He shouldn’t put the blame on anyone.
He said that he sent a huge amount of money to save Peter’s life
but alleged that the family squandered the money?
To be honest, he did. Seyi sent the money but it was
judiciously spent to meet his (Peter’s) health needs. He
suffered before he died.
Some people in Togo are of the opinion that Peter died as result of
the hard substances he used to inhale?
No, he wasn’t into such but he was hooked on
‘Igbo’ (Indian hemp), which affected him mentally. He was
such great person who also helped financially to make Seyi
achieve his football dream.
And the family didn’t spend the money very well for his
rehabilitation?
No, we did but he died. We lost him in 2013. His death and
our father’s in 2005 are factors that have affected the family
in a big way but I wouldn’t like to be drawn into such issues
now.
What happened to Seyi’s home in Ghana?
He has over 50 houses in Lome and currently lives in
Didjole. He also has some others in Ghana. He has taken
custody of everything.
What about the house he alleged your elder sister rented out?
‘Oro ase ni yen se’ (They are unrealistic words)
Opinions are divided among the citizens of Togo concerning
Emmanuel Adebayor’s biological mother?
People can say whatever they like. He is my elder brother
and we know we have the same mother. I am less bothered
about the rumour going round the city.
You blamed yourself for the lingering crisis in the family. What did
you do?
A lot of people do not understand the beginning of this issue
but I put the blame on myself because of the boy I wanted to
help. His name is Masaudu. He’s from the Republic of
Benin. I brought him from the rough side of the border so
that he can help us with some domestic work. He grew up
with the family and betrayed us. Masaudu cooked up stories
for Seyi to believe and he succeeded in destroying our fam
ily. He was the one that was sent to inform our mother to
pack out of the house. But I believe that God’s judgment will
prevail. I will continue to appeal to him (Emmanuel
Adebayor) to be considerate in his judgment. I want him to
forgive and forget in the memory of our late father and forget
what people are telling him. We have our children and we
shouldn’t let this issue degenerate into generational fight.
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