Footballer, Bassey’s estranged father has resurfaced with another emotional appeal, two years after first speaking publicly about being cut off from his children, saying he is still holding on to hope for reconciliation and is now “dying in silence.”
The man, a native of Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, explained that his first three sons, Elvis Ughelumba, Mathew Ughelumba and Calvin, were born in Italy, while his youngest, Michael, was born in Ireland.
“Since I was six, it has been mum and us boys. I knew that if I got the chance to put my name on the back of a shirt, I wanted it to be my mum’s name—my way of saying thank you.”