Ex-Super Eagles Star, Mikel Obi reveals the devastating state he was when he heard of his father’s kidnapped while preparing for the World Cup 2018 Match against Argentina. 9news Nigeria reveals his media chat with talkSPORT.
John Obi Mikel: “My dad got kidnapped while I was playing for Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.”
“We were about to play against Argentina. Two hours before the game I got a phone call from my brother saying my dad got kidnapped.”
“The first time he was kidnapped was shocking, but the second time was even more shocking because I was about to go into one of the biggest games of my life.”
“I couldn’t leave the room. I couldn’t tell anybody. I was alone in the room for about 30 minutes, thinking what am I going to do?”
“But we’re about to go into the biggest game of our lives. We’re about to play against Lionel Messi and Argentina.”
“Chelsea were very supportive. I remember Roman Abramovich saying ‘do you want me to send people over? Because I know if I send people over, I can get your dad out’ — I was like, how are you going to do this?”
“He said don’t worry about that. Just let me know if you want that option, I can do it.”
(@talkSPORT)
