My Brothers Wanted To Kill Me …..Adebayor Tells His Life Story

 Seyi Emmanuel Adebayor
Tottenham Hotspur striker Seyi Emmanuel Adebayor has put on public record that his two biological brothers, Kola and Peter, literally held a knife to his throat in an attempt to murder him because they had asked him for money and he was delaying in meeting their demand.

Adebayor, on Wednesday, took to his official and verified facebook wall to pour out his heart in a rather long write-up he said was the part three of his life story.

According to Adebayor, he could have compiled the interesting revelations into an autobiography to make some extra money but he decided to freely share the story to enable more people learn from it.

NEWS-ONE republishes below, excerpts of what Adabayor wrote on his wall Tuesday morning.

When I arrived in France, I did all the paperwork with my team and they allowed me to stay in the academy. A few months later, my brother wanted to come visit me. I was running out of money and I was living at the academy. Therefore, I had to borrow money so I could pay for his hotel. At that time, my teammate Sega N'diaye from Cameroon was kind enough to lend me some money. I also had to borrow some more money because I had to give my brother some money for his trip back to Germany. Keep in mind, he is my elder brother.

A couple of years later, things started to get better. Thank God, I signed a contract with Metz. Since then, my brother would contact me whenever it was time to pay his bills. Sometimes, he would say his son was sick… I had to get used to all this.

Again, I was lucky enough to get an offer from Monaco and I signed for the football club.

One day, Kola and the late Peter Adebayor came to visit me in Monaco. My two brothers did not let me know they were coming. Someone said 'blood is thicker than water' so I took them in. They arrived early in the morning and I was on my way to training. When I came back home, we had a discussion and they wanted to start a car business. Obviously, it involved a lot of money. I told them that I could help them out as soon as I got paid next. At that time, Thierry Mangwa was staying in my apartment because he was struggling with some personal issues and needed a place to stay. One day, I came back from training and he was crying. He never told me why. My brothers could also not explain. Another day, one of my friends, Padjoe, came to visit me and as he was leaving the house, I believe I offered him about €500. My brother Kola noticed that and was very upset. He was trying to understand why I gave my friend some money right away but not him. My reason was very simple: the money he (Kola) needed was a huge amount of money that I did not carry in my house. We went on and had an argument about it.

Another day, after training…I was very tired and decided to go take a nap. I woke up and a knife was held to my throat. As I opened my eyes, both of my brothers were there. They were shouting and they claimed that I was wasting their time. Peter was going mad and Kola was supporting. I asked them: 'Is this the only way to solve this issue? If yes, then kill me and take the money.' It was only at that moment that he put the knife down. After all this, I found a way out of my own apartment and I called my parents. My mom suggested that I call the police. That was the only way for me to get back into my house safely… I had training the next day, by the way. So I did what my mom said. Police came and they settled down. Again, 'blood is thicker than water', so I let it go. A few days after, Peter went to visit one of Kola's friends in Paris. That means I was left in the house with Kola; for my own safety, I found a way to get him the money as soon as I could. Only God knows how much I gave him that day.

A few months after all this, I went back to Togo and I was surprised when my mom started asking me why I called the police on my brothers. She continued and said I was the bad person in the family.

That is another story I will leave for later…