Emmanuel Adebayor's Relatives In Nigeria Beg Family To Reconcile

Tottenham player, Emmanuel Adebayor’s family crisis has become a source of concern to his relations and kinsmen in Igbaye, Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, where he is originally from.

The kinsmen in Adebayor’s hometown, speaking on the issue, said the footballer’s late father, Shadrach Adebayo Adeyi, hailed from Eesa compound, one of the largest families in Igbaye. While his mother, according to them, is from Ekusa, a community not far from Igbaye.

 Emmanuel and his siblings were said to have been born and raised in Togo after their father left Ghana, when former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings drove illegal Nigerian immigrants out of the country. Their father, Shadrach chose to settle in Togo rather than return to Nigeria.

The relatives further said the player’s father died some years back and was buried in Togo and that the family had cut their ties with their kinsmen in Igbaye but added that they would love to see them re-unite and return home.

The head of the Eesa family, Pa Nathaniel Okunlola, 103, said he and other members of the family wanted the siblings to reunite and move on with their lives.

He said, “We are not happy about the development and we are appealing to them to stop the show of shame. I am sure their father, Shadrach, will not be happy in his grave. It is disturbing when siblings engage in this kind of dirty fight.

“There is no family where there are no issues but such issues are not made public. I believe it is the handiwork of the devil. 

“We do not know how their quarrel started and we won’t apportion blames but we are using this medium to reach out to them to stop this fight.

“Our family here in Igbaye wants them to come home and do something (to re-establish their father’s legacy). They can rebuild their father’s house. Their father, Shadrach, built a house here when he was living in Ghana. They can rebuild it or build their own. We are proud of them and even if they will not come, they should stop the fight. We are begging them in the name of God.”

It was also gathered that Emmanuel Adebayor's father, who used to visit Igbaye before his death, never brought home his children.

It will be recalled that the famous footballer had recently taken to Facebook to accuse his mother and siblings of wanting his downfall despite helping them. His brothers and sister had also fired back through various media, slamming him for selfishness and neglect.

*Interview excerpts and photo credit: Punch*

Money is the root of their problems...its funny how united some families are without money and how the monster raises its ugly head between them when God begins to bless them financially.what a shame!