Mrs. Oredola Samuel, mother of Super Eagles defender, Brigh-Osayi Samuel, has revealed that at a point she was against the defender playing football until he accused her of impeding his future success.
Mrs Samuel laid this bare to the public while speaking at the office of the Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Amadin Enabulele, ahead of the final match of Bright-Osayi under 13 youth tournament.
She said the hitherto Fernerbahce of Turkey player while growing up would return home at odd hours to her displeasure, and in anger she threw his ball away one day.
“While Bright was growing up as a child, after playing football, he usually returned home, sometimes 1:00 am or 2:00 am.
“There was a day he came home very late, my son never knew I was still awake; he called his sister to open the door for him. As he was entering the house, I poured him water and started cautioning him about his late coming to the house.
“On this particular day, he came home at about 3:am and he was holding a ball in his hand. Angrily, I collected the ball from him and threw it away,” she narrated.
Continuing, she stated that Bright came to her and said, ‘Mum, you just threw away my future,’ and that statement made her to go and look for the ball, “and I said my son, take back your future.”
