Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has said that he and his brother Jordan almost fell victim to an attempted extortion after their father’s death. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, in their efforts to bring their late dad’s body from DR Congo to Belgium for burial, some greedy persons saw it as the perfect opportunity to milk the family dry and take advantage of their loss.
Lukaku added that the ordeal left him completely heartbroken, and his dad was eventually laid to rest in Africa.
His words, “As you may know we planned to have the funeral this Friday but because of certain decisions being made in Kinshasa the funeral will take place over there.
Our dad passed away on the 28 of September and we as Brothers tried everything to bring his corpse back to Europe but we felt that we were being extorted by some people…
If our father was here today he wouldn’t accept it.
It breaks our soul for us to not put our father to rest.
But some people didn’t want it.
We understand know why our dad used to keep us away from a lot of people.
Life will never be the same without him.
Thank you for teaching me everything I know. I’m forever grateful and appreciate you.
The pain and tears are flowing big time. But God will give me the strength to get myself back together.”
WOW.
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