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Essien Vs Dad: Shocking Pictures Pop Out, Who is Lying?

Essien's Dad's Legs
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Soccer hero Michael Essien and his dad, James Essien, are trading accusations and counter accusations about who neglected who and the world is watching the tango between pauper dad and billionaire son.

Michael has issued a detailed press statement on the matter and threatened to take a few media houses to court because he was unhappy about the way the story was carried and when News-One contacted James for an interview on the matter, he gave some shocking revelations.

Newsone has chipped GhanaCelebrities.Com some unbelievable pictures depicting the state of affairs from Michael Essiens’s father’s side.As we bring you the pictures, we will like you to go through the interview with Essien’s Dad as well Michael’s press statement and then make your own judgement. Who is lying and who is telling us the truth? What needs to be done? Photos are placed at the bottom..

Question: You seem to be destroying your son with this claim that he has neglected you.

James Essien: “It is not true I am out to destroy Michael, at least I am proud he has sent my name to the international levels and if I played football for Gold Coast and my son is playing for Ghana, what can I say but to be proud of him but truth must also be said that Essien is not looking after me as he is making the world to believe”

Question: Why is not looking after you as you are alleging

James Essien: I believe it is because he grew up with the mother, Aba, so he is closer to her and takes care of her but I am an old man and I cannot tell lies against my own son, Michael does not care about me. I have not seen him for the past 15 years and I have not spoken to him for the past six years because I do not even have his number, let alone contact him and his mother has refused to give me the number; the sister, Diana also says she does not have the number”

Question: But you know where to contact him when he is in Ghana.

James Essien: No I do not. There was this time I heard he was in Ghana and would be training at the stadium so I dressed in my best cloths and travelled all the way to Accra…After the training I went to the dressing room but when my son saw me, he bent his head as if he was lacing his boots and remained there for over 15 minutes so I went to him and raised his head.

Michael asked me who brought me to the stadium and it came to me as a surprise and I told him I was playing football at the stadium before he was born….When he got ready to leave I followed him to his car and reminded him that I came to see him for a discussion but he insisted he was busy.

I then asked for transportation back home but he did not give me and asked me to meet him at Novotel the next Monday. I managed to perch with friends in Accra and finally got to Novotel on Monday only to be told Michael Essien left the country Friday night soon after my meeting with him

Question: Could it be he was hurt because you neglected him as a child?

James Essien: Ha ha ha ha. I did not neglect Michael. When the mother and I broke up, he was about two years so all the children stayed with her but they always came to me during festivals and some holidays, it was after he got to France that I stopped hearing from him and had never had his number.

I looked after him and I was the one who even sent him to Sewedro Secondary school after his JSS. On that day I even had an accident and this is a story many people in Sewedro still remember. From there he had a scholarship to St. Augustine.

I must confess I was not sending him money when he was in school but it was not deliberate because I was not having money at the time… I did my best to look after him but as a revenue collector what could I have done. I took him to secondary school, when he had the Liberty opportunity I played a major role. You ask Alhaji Sly Tetteh.

Question: What about the three-bed room house he built for you?

James Essien: This is where I live; a mud house built by my brother many years ago even before Michael was born. It is the room in which I stay that he renovated and added a hall. He has never built me a house. I do not believe he wrote that statement himself.

Question: He claims he sends you money for your up-keep and car maintenance.

James Essien:  Yes once in a while he sends me GH¢500 (about $400) but the money is not regular and at times has about six months interval. As for the car, it is still at the workshop because there is no money to repair it. I am the third person to own that car and it is not as new as you think.

Question: Is it true he pays for your medical bills and sent you to the Asikuma Hospital?

James Essein: If Michael Essien says he sent me to Assikuma Hospital, it is a big lie; it is a traditional medicine man that comes here to take care of me.

Question: If you had a message for your son, what would it be?

James Essien: Oh I want to see him. We should live as father and son. It is not that I am interested in burdening him with my problems. I was taking care of myself before Michael was born and since then I still take care of myself; look I was born on 28th September 1932 so I not a small boy and there is very little I still expect from this life. But Michael is my son, my blood, the one that makes me proud all over the world and I must at least be made to feel like a father but not a stranger to him. I would want him to know I still love him as my child and follow his career and all his games. In fact there are things I want to tell him as a father, things I want to tell him in person.

Question: Thank you for the opportunity.

James Essien: Thank you and tell those who do not believe what I am saying to come here to see things for themselves.

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Full Michael Essien Statement To The Press On Father’s Claims

I have faced many, many difficult challenges in my life but this is the hardest thing I have ever done as my heart bleeds over the false statements recently peddled by a small section of the Ghanaian media goaded by my own father. I had never wanted to discuss my family in public or any good I do to anyone because when you do good, you go only for God’s recognition.

But for the thousands of Ghanaians and the highly respectable people of our country who have contacted me and know what I have consistently done for my father, I need to react to stop the attempt to destroy me in the eyes of the people of Ghana and disgrace my family.

Given what I have done for my father, when I was told of the false, vile and degrading comments he made about me, I wept because people normally do not get insults for doing good.

But my father decided to pay me back in such a terrible way. Because of this I have been unfortunately forced to say what I have done for him because he has gone to the extreme to disgrace my family. I will like to state the following facts:

1. My father currently lives in a three-bedroom house (not mud house) I instructed my sister to build for him with my own money.

2. He is visited monthly and more recently twice a week by my sister Diana on my orders to regularly give him money and other essentials I send. My mother, whom he has insulted so much, also provides for him.

3. I bought a car for him to make his transportation easier and part of the money I provide for him is used to fuel the car or repair it when it breaks down.

4. When his illness broke out I asked for him to be taken to the Asikuma Hospital but he said he wants traditional medicine. I provided money for him to undergo traditional treatment. It came to nothing and I ordered for him to be taken to the hospital. My family, I believe have also organized for a nurse to come home and look after him on regular basis.

Because of these reasons and many more reasons I won’t state publicly, I am shocked by what he is alleged to have said but God knows I have done my best to thoroughly look after a man who didn’t even raise me or take part in my upbringing and who has 8 other children who can help.

What has surprised me though is how certain media houses in Ghana can present one side of a story and not seek to check the other side before going all out to criticise my whole family.

I want to state here categorically that even after such distasteful comments; I will continue to support my father as I believe it is the right thing to do. I will not discuss this matter further as I have asked my legal team in Ghana to investigate all the allegations and the media that callously carried out this agenda and take action where necessary.

Thank you

Signed: Michael Essien.

Photos were chipped to us by NewsOne.

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Essien's Dad's Toilet
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  1. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww come on guys…i know ur tryna make a point but did u really have 2 show his legs like dat?….kaiii…u just put me off my dinner kmt

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  2. pictures or no pistures i think the dad is being REALLY unfair…why would u hang your son out 2 dry like this….he says he’s not out 2 destroy but come on…surely he must know that by kepping on going and blabbing 2 the media he’s not doing his son’s reputation any favours…I completely believe Essien 100% on this one…too many deadbeat dads come out of the woodwork n try 2 claim kids thye didnt even look after properly when they were younger…oluman ko pe bebi tena kmt

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    • Thank you very much Soul Sista. If this man had any love for his son, he would think twice, before allowing such useless pixs to be posted. Selfish man.

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  3. @ soul sista; if anybody is being unfair then it is Essien…come on, no matter how cruel ur FATHER has been in the past, he is still your father. How much of his money cant he take out to at least upgrade his dad life…come on………………………………….

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    • Miss u can’t be serious…… do you think it was easy for Essien to get wher he is widawt his father…he wana reap what he didnt sow..mtcheeeew,n u r supporting him

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  4. Who cares, you have a son who evidently cares so much for his father that he doesn’t even feel the need to see him personally but wants to send others to do it for him…you have a father who has basically given up on his own personal responsibly to take care of his own personal needs and his own health in part because he has a child with a little bit of money…they are both messed up to me.

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  5. and where are the other 8 kids? …. the responsibility should not fall solely on one child, regardless of how much he makes.

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  6. Yeah but Jenkins…neither u nor me knows that he HASNT been providing for his father…he says he has…and because I like Essien n he seems like a cool guy…I’m choosing to be biased n believe him…I could be wrong tho and his dad could be telling the truth…but I’m just saying I believe Essien…cause as a dad u can’t be in da media talkin smack about your son and sayin u dont want 2 destroy him- when that’s BLATANTLY wot you’re doin tho by tarnishin his rep

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  7. If a father abandons his responsiblities, so can a son or daughter also abandon his or her responsibilities…what kind of nonsense is this…let me tell you guys, I have been struggling all my life to make ends meet, from selling pure water at kejetia before and after school, while my dad was an accountant in Accra who has disown his litte family in order to have “fun” with little girls….now by His grace am seeing light at the end of the tunnel….and my dad is retired with nothing and no girls……I WILL ALSO KEEP DISOWNING HIM……Well done Essien

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  8. Eiii, Essien´s dad is chilling paa oooo….lol..Enam nkoaa ewor soup nu mu nieee..lol…This is what i call ZOO SOUP

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  9. @shocker hahahahahhha… u r very funny, but i think u will like to be in his shoes, i mean living the way he lives… nah???!!!!

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  10. LOL@myself…..anyday@the food part…lol.. wld give the toilet bit a 2nd thought tho, as ma ass obviously, is too big 4 that small funnel(FOONNREL..lol..in twi)…lol

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  11. Reading this interview reminds me of my own Father. Except, mom’s died when I was 2 and dude continued to denied am his Son though I looked just like him. Nose, face, complexion, height and all. Now, 30’s and extremely successful (though not a billionaire like Essien. lol. Ei, Ghanacelebrieties mobe ku yen! Essien is a billionaire in GH Cedis I guess. Oh well). To continue, now extremely successful, dude has aligned himself with some very foul people in my own family, coming at me like a gang threatening to destroy everything. I have no emotional connection whatsoever with my father as I’ve been raising myself with the help of strangers since about 7yrs old. Now in his 70’s, he’s getting close to the ground (death) and pulling this same trick that this old man is pulling.

    All am saying is, to those sympathizing with him, I mean, he KNOWS well what he did and where Michael’s anger is coming from but he cannot put that out in public. All this public “stories” he’s sharing now seems more like a cry for help, than him been out to destroy Essien, but let’s not forget, Essien is a walking business and not just a mer man anymore. Of course this kind of information can destroy him at some level.

    C’mon, you cannot invite news men into your house to publicly blast your own offspring, even showing your toilet seat (wtf?) all in an attempt to prove that your living conditions are bad.
    If this man really wanted to help his own cause, he should have appeal to some Elderly folks that Michael respects or even Michael’s church Pastors to approach him and mediate this matter. Bringing all this out in the public like that do some level of damage. Unless it’s a publicity stunt of some sort (hey, I’ve seen/heard worse).

    Ghanaian parents need to stop thinking/behaving like their children are walking, talking, living cocoa farms. 

    After all, you are the master of your own destiny (Lord willing). Or as the Greek’s put it “Your Character Is Your Fate”. Truly his character is showing through this blatant act of attempted embarrassment. If he’d played his cards right in life, his offsprings will still be looking up to/living off him and not the other way around. I feel for him, but I don’t feel sorry for him.

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  12. I agreee with @Me. He has 8 other children y doesnt he ask them?? Its not by force for just one child to look after him. Im sure the other children are not low lives and are doing somethiing for theirselves to make money so y not ask them?

    Also if he hasnt been as to Michael as he claims, at least one of his other 8 children would have stepped in to defend him and say that Michael Essien is lying but no one has said anything. That shows his character.

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  13. but seriously was there a need for all those pictures???? i strongly believe that the dad was irresponsible he abandoned him but now that he’s rich he wants to enjoy it. tweaaaaaa.

    and like ME asked earlier, where are the other children?

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  14. Neva feel sorry 4 sperm dornas like james essien.they only think of them self leaving all to the mothers to take of the kinds n wen they becum sumbody in the future…then they cum out to say all sorts of bullshit!i don’t blame essien at all..am in the same boat as essien,am also palying pro.soccer now…now ma mum is late n this man wants to enjoy wat he neva worked 4…God help us

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  15. this is a very difficult situation. We do not know the whole truth of the situation. One party says one thing and the other party says something completely opposite. I wonder if the dad believes that he can for his son to do more by embarassing him in public like this? It is difficult enough for Micheal to be a public figure but the unconscionable way that his father has chosen to embarassing him like this says much more about the father than it does for Michael. If Michael’s dad truly loves and respects him he would go about this in a very different matter. The father should be the one to leave an inheritance for his children, not the other way around. I guess he wants Michael to move him to London to live in a very lavish home. Such a sad state of affairs.

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  16. That’s messed up. Senior Essien shouldn’t have taken this private matter to the media. I doubt Michael will be sending thousands of cedis to him after what he’s done. Looks like he will lose that right foot…it’s not looking good at all.

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  17. African men when they divorce their wife, they divorce their children as well. That was exactly what this dude did. He is paying for it big time. I hope all the neglected fathers will learn from this. Oh and those legs of his, I believe is diabeties. He will need amputation or die from it. My father did same and he is currently paying for it.

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  18. all i can say is what ever happend in the pass let it be the passed but remember ”Nothing’s better than family For the ones who love you so Be a shoulder to cry on when you are in need They will never leave you alone when your friends bring you down And they drag you through the dirt And nobody is around” dont be evil with good but pay good with evil whatever happend at that time you do the same thing back but in a good way and stop BEING A STINGY BASTERD

    They will carry you through the hurt 

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  19. hihihihi man his father wasnt supposed to pose him out like dat cuz worldcup is on da way n now the media is messing with essien now but anyway fuck it…some fathers are wicked..maybe he did some bad stuff to the guy ddats could be the reason why he doesnt mind his father n if he got 8children than he can depend on the others…ohhh ma god. whhy essien hmm u guys aint normal…leave essien in peace n let him concentrate on his football cuz he is our star

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  20. I think there is something wrong here. Essien if he’s telling the truth then failed to monitor monies he’s been sending through Diana (the sister) or any other third-party to ensure his right requests were actually fulfilled. Who knows? The cash might have been sent by Essien for Storey Building but for all you know; it might have ended in making few renovations to a ‘mad house’. I think Essien should have been wise, but he should also investigate issues well, especially monies he claim he sent through Diana or whoever for the father’s upkeep. Let’s not blame either of them now for looking after or not looking after. We should rather investigate those whose hands Michael Essien’s monies passed through.

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  21. All I know is that too many dad’s have a way of popping up when things suddenly get good but dissapear when it comes to responsiblities.Yes its the christian thing to forgive,but it becomes hard when the person in question isn’t prepared to admite he did wrong.All it takes is a sorry.But then again reporters in Ghana LOVE dirty stories and they found someone willing to sell one.Its about time we address the real issue,and that fatherhood.Too many young guys go around getting girls pregnant and leaving them to hang.Twenty years down the line they realise their foolishness and won’t admite it.About 60% of all celebrities can tell you that all they had were their moms.Now that is the real topic for discussion.

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  22. BLOOD IS ALWAYS AND VERY THICKER THAN WATER, the bible says forgive and you shall be forgiven, if essien choose not to forgive his father on earth, then how is he expecting to be forgiven of his sins by his father in heaven? i think essien should forgive his father and help him, after all, he spend’s much more money on these useless girls he sleep’s with than this.

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  23. folks i think what essien is doing is just not fair although i like him soo much as a great sports man.no matter what ur dad has done to u u can never take someones dad as urs.he brought u to the world and that alone is good and also know that we are humans and we are bound to do mistakes in life,essien shd do his best and forgive his dad as the good GOD we serve thus not have bitterness against us and he gives us life and still forgives us no matter how we sin against him.plz and plz essien look at the good GOD in heaven and forgive ur dad.plz

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  24. Oh!! noooo Essein, this is a shame on u..at least u r rich and famous and for crying out loud he’s ur father, no matter what he’s done to u, u need to treat him right and not neglect him like this. Do something abt this, for it doesn’t speak well of u at all. He’s ur Dad no matter what.

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  25. So Essien is not taking care of him > thsi Journalist is a fool. What do you hope to gain by disgracing Essien with this nonsense.
    If I was Essien, this will cause me to hrading my stand against this man if indeed he is not takinh care of him.

    Dont this people have wisemen to advice them.

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  26. If You haven’t seen your son in 15 years and now you looking for him , then It goes to say that you did not indeed care for him when he was child. 15 yrs means you have not seen him when he was a 13yrs or so. It goes to show you that you indeed did not do anything to see his welfare when he was a kid and now out of nowhere you want him to build you mansions.
    I say NONSENSE. It is a warning to all Deadbeat dads in west AFrikan

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  27. am surprise at those of you saying.”he had 8 other children”, yes it is true but you have to remember sometimes it takes one to save the entire family from hardship. Joseph saved his entire family in the Bible. Essien should come and the tell the whole public is the same way his mother is living. Two wrongs don’t make right.

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  28. @dan ,i luv ur comment ur very inteligent, mike essien is my cousin and all he is saying is a lie, i was there when the father was gfoing to look 4 admission at swedr 4 him and the man got accident and the left leg got broken.dat alone mike essien ur wicked.ur dad will go and ull be all right .keep spending ur money on prostitute b,cos u suffered alone GOD BLESS U.

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  29. @Kojo,
    You are a liar. This man say he has seen or talk to Micheal for 15 yrs , that make that Essien was 13yrs when he last saw the dad. SO let assumes that the dad is telling the truth, then that make you a liar. Let Assume that what you are saying is correct, then that make the Dad a liar. SO who dowe believe now, you or the dad who claim he has not seen Micheal in 15yrs. Just use your brains and stop thsi nonsese

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  30. Ole let’s get some things strait so essien dad hasn’t spoken to his son for 15 years that means essien was 13 around that time but people there might be a reason why essien dad didn’t speak to his son for 15 years maybe because of a divorce and the mum didn’t allow his son to communicate with the dad and that there is every slight chance that the mother could have easily brain wash essien by speaking bad about the dad to make him hate his dad more at the end of the day this is none of our business and the dad is at fault by bringing it to the media Anyway unless they paid him to bring essien down because his know for being a ladies lover and @ghanaceleb you should have investigate first before adding the story cause we all know how you guys like to take stories from other website and make it your own version so we should be calling know one a liar as we where not there to witness it neither know what when in there and @ the girl claims to be a family member and blankkng essien you sound more jelous about his achievement maybe your a big hater because you ain’t getting some how can you come online and chat nonsense about your own family did you really thought about it before switching your computer on or taking the time to go to the cafe people. Is about time we stop judging others you know how the media can change the story all the way

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  31. @bawse.It is easy to summised that the Mom kept michael from the father and somehow brainwashed him against the father. Remeber that @13 yrs, in Ghana, you dont have might choice if you want to see your dad. Kept him from him for what. ANy rationale human being will do everything possible to see the son. I know Ghanaian fathers who take the kids away from the mother after the breakup, espercially male children. Look the dad have no excuse. Ghanaian Fathers of are deadbeat dads.

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  32. @kritics you got a point I didn’t grow up in ghana and don’t no how the fathers are down there if they are not responsible enough than they are just being fools down there than but on the otherside I blame lack of education, the goverment and the young girls nowdays that are spreading there legs for some chicking change and once they get pregnant sugar daddies and the boys are not going to take the responsi. To take care of the change and it seems like the goverment tie so called fat cats are not really investing money into anything to make place for everyone and there is tomany bribe coruption doWn there at the end of the they whatever happend in essien family is not our cop of thee not because he is professional doesn’t mean like we have to bring him down and crusified him but essien need to remember and the mum that whatever happend in the past needs to be forget no matter what problem ur facing family always first and the mum needs to realize that there was a time that she loved him but without his human nature milkshake she wouldn’t have had essien than they just need to sort it out without the media making it more worse for them and get over it

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  33. Mr Berchie,
    I agree with you on the fact that this is a family problem and none that have to be aired in public. Indeed it is none of our business, but when the father chose to air it in public , we need to comment. In my earlier comment, I made assertion to that effect. Yes education is needed in Ghana for our young guys. ALso the Ghanaian male need to realize that the time of spreading thier seeds without consequence is long gone. IT said amoung some ghanaian men that a child will look for the father no matter how mistreated /abandoned. Those old school days is gone, it is now era of responsibility, individually

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  34. @kritics you are well trained and a wise o I am with you all the way atleast someone with commen sense drop your number for me so we talk more. @ kojo I think this morngng when you woke up you where suffering from diaree you wsh he was don’t be a groupie

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  35. wat goes up will definately come down…………………………….the media should really luk into matters well before bringing them out………………..? its really not fair……………………….?

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  36. HAVE YOU SEE A GOAT GIVEN BIRTH TO A CAT BEFORE. GOD HELP US ALL. EVEN IF THE MAN IS LIEING,OR MICHAEL IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, COME ON GUYS. WHAT EVER SITUTION, YOUR DAD WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR DAD. YOU CANT BUY,RENT,OR HIRE ONE. SO I THINK THE GUY ( MICHAEL ) SHOULD PUT ALL MATTERS ASIDE AND TAKE CARE OF HIS DADDY. COS IS ALWAYS A BLESSING.

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  37. What gud reputation do u wish for essien if the father of a billionaire shuld live in such a devastating condition as this? Even if the father didnt look after him, he didnt kill him. How much will it cost him to provide him with a decent living? So essien is waiting 4 him to die before he put up a decent place 4 him and show off at his funeral? On father’s day, how many of us even appreciated our fathers, but i know what went on when it was mother’s day!

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  38. dis man says he’s nt seen essien in 15 years, yet goes on to say he went to him smtym @ de stadium n was asked to come bk on monday. come on guys de man might be lying abt his residence.he might av gone to his village for dat to be captured as his residence n all just to prove his point, come on!

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  39. it is high time the men become responsible for what ever you brink to the world. would he have come on air if the son has become an armed rubber

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  40. Hi essien my only advice to you is to learn how to forgive,l know u cant forget what your dad did to you but what can you do,he still your dad no matter what.l have the same problem,my mum died when l was 4yrs of age and my dad neglected me and my bros,but today l thank God for my life,so all l can tell you is that just help me,so God will bless you more,more.l know is very hard and is very painful when it comes to a situations like this,moreover if you truly love God you have to help your dad,peace.

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  41. The man can go and burn in the see. I feel like throwing a fist at him. He can go to hell. What of if Essien did not become sussessful, will he have gone to the press, if he had turned out to be an arm robber or a male prostitute will he have gone to the press. He should shut the fuck up. He did not know that the stone he was throwing to the wall will ONE DAY BOUNCE BACK ON HIM. SHUT THE FUCK UP

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