From our Sports desk, Benin
The mother of Nigeria Super Eagles defender, Bright Osayi Samuel has narrated how she would have unknowingly ruined the football fortunes of his son happening today. Mrs. Oredola Samuel accompanied her son and with other family members were in Benin for the second edition of the Bright Osayi Samuel Under – 13 Football Tournament Finals. While being received in the office of the Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Amadin Enabulele, on Tuesday, 1 July, 2025, Mrs. Samuel with nostalgia narrated her story while making her speech.
Mrs. Samuel never love her son’s obsession for football which often makes him comeback home late into the night, she disclosed.
The Nigeria’s international while growing up would always come home late in the night after playing football; an act which made her had issues with him.
“While he was growing up as a child, my son after playing football, he usually comes home sometimes 1:00 am or 2:00 am.
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“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 I threw it away through the window.
“Osayi politely came to me and said mum, you just threw away my future! But after some inner thoughts, I pathetically went to look for the ball and I said to him, take your future,” she said in an air of nostalgia.
Osayi’s mum, a native of Ondo State expressed happiness for what his son has become today through the beautiful game of football; as she thanked the Edo State Governor for the reception accorded them upon arriving Benin.
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