Former English footballer, Gabriel Agbonlahor, has taken to the social media platform, Instagram, to write about his Nigerian father.
In an emotional post on the photo-sharing app, Instagram, Agbonlahor, who played for the English football club, Aston Villa, stated that his father raised him and his three other siblings. He mentioned that his mother left the family when he was only 3, leaving the responsibility of raising the children all to his father.
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On Instagram, Agbonlahor, who is now a father of four, wrote, “Short story: my mom left me and my siblings when I was 3 years old and never even sent a birthday card for the rest of my life.”
In the concluding part of his Father’s Day post, Agbonlahor mentioned that he owes everything to his father, who raised him.
He added, “This man didn’t leave me, he raised 4 kids on his own until re-marrying. I owe him a lot, and he taught me how to be a good dad. Love you, Dad, happy Father’s Day.”
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Eelive.ng gathered that Agbonlahor’s parents separated while he was still young, and he was brought up by his father.
He went without contact with his mother for about 20 years. In 2009, ahead of the striker’s 23rd birthday, his mother made a public appeal to him via the city’s Sunday Mercury newspaper in order to become part of his life once more.