Tottenham hotspurs striker  Emmanuel Adebayor has blamed his poor performance this season on his mother, who he claims is a witch and has used ‘juju’ to hinder his progress.

Adebayor’s mother Alice who is based in Togo,, their place of origin is said to heart-broken obver her son’s allegations, allegations which have torn their family apart.

There have been reports from Adebayor’s siblings that he has ordered their mother out of her home which he bought, and has ceased in sending funds to her, forcing Alice to depend on her sales of tomato. However during a phone-in interview with ghanian station Peace FM, Adebayor denied these allegations claiming that it was his mother who walked out of the house, adding that his mother reportedly goes around telling people he will not progress.

He also accused his family members of plotting what to do with his wealth when he dies and said they were using advisors he referred to as ‘juju people’.

However his family members argue that Emmanuel is being deceived by fake Muslim clerics; one his brohter’s Kola who is a lorry driver based in Germany, “My family is Christian but it is not unusual to visit Muslim spiritual healers. He is seeing bad alfas and they are manipulating him.”

The 30 year old striker who earns  170,000 British Pounds a week, has only scored two goals for his club this season.