Adebayor blasts mum, sister: “Stop doing juju on me”

Tottenham Striker and Togo international, Emmanuel Adebayor was on Thursday accused by his elder sister, Maggie of abandoning his family, leaving his mother to resort to selling cheap junk at the Ghana-Togo border to make ends meet.

Speaking on Peace FM Accra, Maggie said: "As at now, our mother is selling polythene bags, padlocks and other things on the Ghana-Togo border," she said. "Our mother has not seen him for more than a year and he rejects her calls any time.

"Our mother is not calling him for his money; she just wants to see him because she loves him very much."

“Could you believe Adebayor ordered his machomen to sack our mother and his own mother from a house he built in Togo claiming she is a witch?

“As we speak our mother lives in an apartment rented by our junior brother, Kola Adebayor, who currently lives in Germany.

“My mother weeps bitterly about the issue every day.  Anytime his mother or any of us (his close relatives) call and he realizes, he will quickly cut the call.

But to defend himself, Adebayor later contacted the radio station to tell his side of the story.

His words: "I never sacked my mum from the house, she decided to leave the house. "But how am I going to be in touch with my mum if my mum is the one telling everyone that my work will not go forward, so I will just be on my side and do my thing.

"They should stop talking, talking. They should stop doing juju on me; they should leave me alone. They don't listen to me so I don't know how to solve this now. Obviously I am not a pastor, I am a footballer so I cannot point out a witch."

Adebayor spoke further: “Ask my sister Margaret whether I did not build them a house in East Legon, and what happened to it? I bought my younger sister Lucia a car worth $35,000, where is it?” 

“If they want the issue resolved they should stop spreading the news and let’s meet to resolve it but they aren’t willing to do so.”

Last year, following the death of his elder brother Peter, Adebayor took up the care of his son, Junior, describing him as "like a son to me".

But are we sure his mother’s curse is not working on him? Currently, the player has failed to find the form he showed under previous manager Tim Sherwood and is being linked with a move to Galatasaray in January.