'It’s over 5 years now without a phone call from Mikel' - Mikel Obi's father


The father of Nigeria Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has said if not for an opportunity created by the FIFA World Cup in Russia, it would have been five years since he last spoke to his son, Mikel.

Micheal Obi, 74, disclosed that Mikel once confided in one of his brothers that anytime he wants to call him, something tells him not to do so.

Speaking to Daily Trust, he said:

My relationship with Mikel is an issue, but we don’t know what to do. It’s over five years now without a phone call from him to me. But he communicates with his mother.
There is nothing I have not done to fix it. God has told me that I should not feel hurt. When we start to talk about it, I say, ‘Well, as long as I see him on TV, doing great, no problem.

During the just-concluded World Cup, one or two days to one of their matches, we spoke. He called his mum, and she told me that Nchekwube (Mikel) was on the phone and I told him that God will see him through. I prayed for him. That’s it.

When he first joined Chelsea, my people in Anambra were very happy that God has blessed their son, and when he came to Abuja, they prepared very well with the hope that he will come to our hometown. They even made some magazines. It was grand. But he didn’t come. It was a shameful thing to me, as a father.

He once told his brother that sometimes he picks his phone to call me, but something tells him not to.
Sometime last year, he was to bring his twins so that I could name them, he said he would. But he didn’t. His other colleagues frequent home, so I don’t understand.

That's so sad.

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