African football legend Samuel Eto’o has refuted claims that he paid flight tickets to airlift Cameroonians in Libya back to Cameroon.
This allegation surfaced after disturbing video and pictures revealed the ongoing slave trade business in the North Africa country.
The Antalyaspor striker took to Facebook and wrote:
“Several sites have circulated a rumor that I would have given money to every migrant returnee, in relation to a topical issue.
This rumor is absolutely unfounded!’
“I would, therefore, take advantage of this opportunity, dear brothers and sisters, to emphasize that love prevents more evils than money can solve.
“So let’s not waste our precious time looking for thrills at the expense of grieving people, but let us use this time to prevent other brothers from being deprived of their dignity.’
“Let us not just react when we can prevent, because among these victims are certainly people who have been our neighbours at some point, but to whom we have not daigné to look kindly.
“Let us build our Africa by having a positive impact on each other!”
