Daddy Akin

@Mellutu

Bolu's Husband... In the end all will be alright, if it's not alright, then it's not the end. Librarian #MUFC

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Joined August 2011

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Polymarket FC

@PolymarketFC

2 days ago

🇨🇮 Yan Diomandé’s letter to his sister through @PlayersTribune: “Dear Roxane, Remember when someone bought me a fake United shirt, and I wrote “Ronaldo 7” on the back with a black Sharpie? We didn’t know what rich or poor was. We only knew happiness. Remember the 25 people sleeping in just one house back in Abidjan? Mom wanted to watch her soap operas. Everyone wanted to watch movies. Remember how I’d always pretend I was asleep and then sneak to the TV room after midnight? I’d turn the TV way down low. Like, just two volume bars. I’d watch soccer in the dark and dream. Remember when the grown-ups saw me playing soccer on the dirt and gave me the nickname “Roberto Carlos” because of how hard I kicked? And remember how I secretly got so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol? Remember when I went to play so far from home? I was 9 years old. Inter Foot Sud Comoé, way out near the border with Ghana. Just a little boy all alone. I don’t know if I ever told you this story, but me and the other kids used to go to the village and steal potatoes because we were so hungry. We called it a “bank heist.” Two kids would distract the shop owner, and the other 18 would run off with two potatoes. They weren’t even good. But they tasted amazing. Hahahah. Even today, it’s my favorite thing to eat. Boiled potatoes with a little oil. It takes me back to those times. Remember when I got my first real pair of cleats, and I slept with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. It’s our tradition. Remember when I’d come back home, and you’d tell my neighborhood friends: “Why’d you stop training? Yan’s not gonna buy you cars. You gotta keep working.” You were 10 years old, and you were already my agent. Remember how we’d sit and dream about moving to France? How we’d go shopping, have our own apartment, and I’d be a rich soccer player, with cars and a big house, and you wouldn’t have to worry about anything. You were the one who always believed I could be the next Cristiano, when everyone else was laughing. Remember when I moved to the United States for high school, at 15 years old, and I missed home so much? For months, I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying. They sat me next to a French boy, and he’d try to translate everything the teacher said. Remember when I called you and said: “You won’t believe it, the kids here argue with the teachers.” Back home, you know, we wouldn’t even dare blink at our elders. Remember when I couldn’t believe the boys smoked after school? You used to say it felt like I was in an American TV show. Remember when they took me for trials at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise came up to me after a training session and said: “Hey, kid, you’re really good.”… but even then, they didn’t sign me. Even the MLS B teams didn’t want me. I didn’t even know why. They never gave me a reason. The adults handled everything. They just kept taking me all over Europe, and everyone kept saying no. My visa expired. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together. You were the only one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed with Leganés, and we cried different tears. That was back when I still had emotions. Now, I don’t feel anything. It’s like I’m not even human. Since you died, I’m just empty.”

PolymarketFC's tweet photo. 🇨🇮 Yan Diomandé’s letter to his sister through @PlayersTribune:

“Dear Roxane,

Remember when someone bought me a fake United shirt, and I wrote “Ronaldo 7” on the back with a black Sharpie? We didn’t know what rich or poor was. We only knew happiness.

Remember the 25 people sleeping in just one house back in Abidjan? Mom wanted to watch her soap operas. Everyone wanted to watch movies. Remember how I’d always pretend I was asleep and then sneak to the TV room after midnight? I’d turn the TV way down low. Like, just two volume bars. I’d watch soccer in the dark and dream.

Remember when the grown-ups saw me playing soccer on the dirt and gave me the nickname “Roberto Carlos” because of how hard I kicked? And remember how I secretly got so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol?

Remember when I went to play so far from home? I was 9 years old. Inter Foot Sud Comoé, way out near the border with Ghana. Just a little boy all alone. I don’t know if I ever told you this story, but me and the other kids used to go to the village and steal potatoes because we were so hungry. We called it a “bank heist.” Two kids would distract the shop owner, and the other 18 would run off with two potatoes. They weren’t even good. But they tasted amazing. Hahahah. Even today, it’s my favorite thing to eat. Boiled potatoes with a little oil. It takes me back to those times.

Remember when I got my first real pair of cleats, and I slept with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. It’s our tradition.

Remember when I’d come back home, and you’d tell my neighborhood friends: “Why’d you stop training? Yan’s not gonna buy you cars. You gotta keep working.” You were 10 years old, and you were already my agent.

Remember how we’d sit and dream about moving to France? How we’d go shopping, have our own apartment, and I’d be a rich soccer player, with cars and a big house, and you wouldn’t have to worry about anything. You were the one who always believed I could be the next Cristiano, when everyone else was laughing.

Remember when I moved to the United States for high school, at 15 years old, and I missed home so much? For months, I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying. They sat me next to a French boy, and he’d try to translate everything the teacher said. Remember when I called you and said: “You won’t believe it, the kids here argue with the teachers.” Back home, you know, we wouldn’t even dare blink at our elders.

Remember when I couldn’t believe the boys smoked after school? You used to say it felt like I was in an American TV show.

Remember when they took me for trials at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise came up to me after a training session and said: “Hey, kid, you’re really good.”… but even then, they didn’t sign me.

Even the MLS B teams didn’t want me. I didn’t even know why. They never gave me a reason. The adults handled everything. They just kept taking me all over Europe, and everyone kept saying no.

My visa expired. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together. You were the only one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed with Leganés, and we cried different tears.

That was back when I still had emotions. Now, I don’t feel anything. It’s like I’m not even human. Since you died, I’m just empty.”

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Polymarket FC

@PolymarketFC

2 days ago

“I don't think I even shed a tear the day they told me you'd passed away. I was just in shock. It was a few weeks after my debut for Leganés. Who makes their debut at 18 against Real Madrid? It was too much madness. It was a dream… and then it turned into a nightmare. Someone kept calling me from home. I was annoyed. I didn't understand why they kept calling me. I answered, and they didn't even soften it. You know how it is back home. No emotion. Just… "Your sister is gone." "What?" "She died." "What are you talking about?" "Someone put something in her drink at a party, and she never woke up. She's gone." You were 15 years old. I never got any answers. I don't know if I want to know why. Maybe it was jealousy. Maybe it's just something that happens in our country. Maybe I could have protected you. I don't know. I try to trust in God's plan. It's all I can do. I don't try to forget, because I know I won't forget. All I can do is use the pain to work harder, and to do everything we dreamed of. I wrote this because I can't talk about it. I wrote this because I want you to know that I'll make sure you stay alive. I'll make sure everyone knows your name. The whole world. Everything I do on a soccer field is for you. So much has happened since the last time I saw you… You wouldn't even believe it. I don't know if I believe it. You know what's crazy? After my debut against Madrid, I actually swapped shirts with Mbappé. Remember when we'd watch him on TV, and you'd say: "Mbappé? Yeah, he's good. But my brother is better." I was wrong about one thing. I don't want to be rich. I see what it does to people, even to family. When I was at Leganés, everything I earned, I sent home. It got to the point where I didn't even want the money anymore. It was just a burden. They never stopped asking. I think they thought I was already a millionaire. I didn't even have an apartment. I lived at the training center, in a room without a TV. Just soccer and sleep, soccer and sleep. I didn't want a big house. I didn't want cars. I just wanted to put everything into soccer. Everything to show the world that my sister was right… Ha… you'll find this funny. When I moved to play for RB Leipzig, I was always late. Well, not late. But I'd arrive on time, which in Germany means you're very late. So you already know what I did after that. I started arriving 90 minutes early for everything. I got there so early all the time that the guys started calling me "The German." I always have to overdo everything. I have no balance. You always said that. The field is the only place where I still feel at home. It's the place where I feel calm, and where I can talk to you. I just wish you were still here so I could tell you… We made it. Everything you said came true. We're heading to the World Cup tomorrow. For real. Your brother is going to play for Ivory Coast, like Drogba, like Yaya, like Gervinho. I don't even see it as a game. I see it as a stage. This is my chance to show the whole world what you saw in me. Every time I score, I'll make sure everyone knows your name. I'll make sure they don't forget you. You always said I could be better than Cristiano. If I see him there, I'll say hello for you. I'll do what you predicted, I swear. Even before I had real cleats, you'd tell everyone: "My brother is going to be the best in the world." I'll prove you were right, or I'll die trying. Your brother, Yan.”

PolymarketFC's tweet photo. “I don't think I even shed a tear the day they told me you'd passed away. I was just in shock.

It was a few weeks after my debut for Leganés. Who makes their debut at 18 against Real Madrid? It was too much madness. It was a dream… and then it turned into a nightmare. Someone kept calling me from home. I was annoyed. I didn't understand why they kept calling me.

I answered, and they didn't even soften it. You know how it is back home. No emotion. Just…

"Your sister is gone."

"What?"

"She died."

"What are you talking about?"

"Someone put something in her drink at a party, and she never woke up. She's gone."

You were 15 years old.

I never got any answers. I don't know if I want to know why. Maybe it was jealousy. Maybe it's just something that happens in our country. Maybe I could have protected you. I don't know.

I try to trust in God's plan. It's all I can do. I don't try to forget, because I know I won't forget. All I can do is use the pain to work harder, and to do everything we dreamed of.

I wrote this because I can't talk about it. I wrote this because I want you to know that I'll make sure you stay alive. I'll make sure everyone knows your name. The whole world.

Everything I do on a soccer field is for you.

So much has happened since the last time I saw you… You wouldn't even believe it. I don't know if I believe it.

You know what's crazy? After my debut against Madrid, I actually swapped shirts with Mbappé. Remember when we'd watch him on TV, and you'd say: "Mbappé? Yeah, he's good. But my brother is better."

I was wrong about one thing. I don't want to be rich. I see what it does to people, even to family. When I was at Leganés, everything I earned, I sent home. It got to the point where I didn't even want the money anymore. It was just a burden. They never stopped asking. I think they thought I was already a millionaire. I didn't even have an apartment. I lived at the training center, in a room without a TV. Just soccer and sleep, soccer and sleep.

I didn't want a big house. I didn't want cars. I just wanted to put everything into soccer. Everything to show the world that my sister was right…

Ha… you'll find this funny.

When I moved to play for RB Leipzig, I was always late. Well, not late. But I'd arrive on time, which in Germany means you're very late.

So you already know what I did after that. I started arriving 90 minutes early for everything. I got there so early all the time that the guys started calling me "The German."

I always have to overdo everything. I have no balance. You always said that. The field is the only place where I still feel at home. It's the place where I feel calm, and where I can talk to you. I just wish you were still here so I could tell you… We made it.

Everything you said came true.

We're heading to the World Cup tomorrow. For real. Your brother is going to play for Ivory Coast, like Drogba, like Yaya, like Gervinho.

I don't even see it as a game. I see it as a stage. This is my chance to show the whole world what you saw in me. Every time I score, I'll make sure everyone knows your name. I'll make sure they don't forget you.

You always said I could be better than Cristiano. If I see him there, I'll say hello for you.

I'll do what you predicted, I swear. Even before I had real cleats, you'd tell everyone: "My brother is going to be the best in the world."

I'll prove you were right, or I'll die trying.

Your brother,

Yan.”

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Kwara State Police Command @Kwara_PoliceNG

1 day ago · Ilorin

PRESS RELEASE. VCRU: POLICE DISRUPT SUSPECTED BANDIT LOGISTICS NETWORK, ARREST KEY SUSPECT IN ILORIN. As part of ongoing efforts to implement the strategic policing vision of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc(+), NPM, geared towards intelligence-led crime fighting and the dismantling of criminal networks, the Kwara State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough through the operations of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU). Acting on credible intelligence and sustained covert surveillance, operatives of the Unit apprehended a suspect in Ilorin whose activities are strongly linked to the movement and supply of materials suspected to be destined for criminal elements operating within forested enclaves and remote locations across the State. Items recovered in connection with the investigation include a large quantity of assorted cigarette brands and other rations believed to form part of a logistics chain servicing criminal groups. Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect plays a strategic support role within a broader network responsible for providing sustenance and other forms of assistance to bandits and allied criminal elements. During the course of the investigation, photographs recovered from the suspect's mobile device showed him dressed in military camouflage and seated on a Bajaj motorcycle, further strengthening intelligence leads regarding his suspected association with criminal elements. Efforts are ongoing to identify and apprehend other collaborators connected to the network. The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Adekimi Ojo, psc, mnips, reassures residents that ongoing security operations across the State are increasingly focused on targeting not only armed criminals but also the logistical structures, collaborators, informants, and suppliers that sustain their activities. The Command remains resolute in denying criminal groups the resources, freedom of movement, and support networks required to operate, while sustaining pressure on all persons involved in aiding criminality in any form. E-Signed SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, anipr Police Public Relations Officer. For: The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command. 18th June, 2026.

Kwara_PoliceNG's tweet photo. PRESS RELEASE.

VCRU: POLICE DISRUPT SUSPECTED BANDIT LOGISTICS NETWORK, ARREST KEY SUSPECT IN ILORIN.

As part of ongoing efforts to implement the strategic policing vision of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, psc(+), NPM, geared towards intelligence-led crime fighting and the dismantling of criminal networks, the Kwara State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough through the operations of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU).

Acting on credible intelligence and sustained covert surveillance, operatives of the Unit apprehended a suspect in Ilorin whose activities are strongly linked to the movement and supply of materials suspected to be destined for criminal elements operating within forested enclaves and remote locations across the State. Items recovered in connection with the investigation include a large quantity of assorted cigarette brands and other rations believed to form part of a logistics chain servicing criminal groups.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect plays a strategic support role within a broader network responsible for providing sustenance and other forms of assistance to bandits and allied criminal elements.

During the course of the investigation, photographs recovered from the suspect's mobile device showed him dressed in military camouflage and seated on a Bajaj motorcycle, further strengthening intelligence leads regarding his suspected association with criminal elements. Efforts are ongoing to identify and apprehend other collaborators connected to the network.

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, CP Adekimi Ojo, psc, mnips, reassures residents that ongoing security operations across the State are increasingly focused on targeting not only armed criminals but also the logistical structures, collaborators, informants, and suppliers that sustain their activities.

The Command remains resolute in denying criminal groups the resources, freedom of movement, and support networks required to operate, while sustaining pressure on all persons involved in aiding criminality in any form.

E-Signed
SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, anipr
Police Public Relations Officer.
For: The Commissioner of Police,
Kwara State Command.

18th June, 2026.

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Daddy Akin @Mellutu

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@olawale2_ @Jiboxy Lmao.

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The amount of cooked up stories being dished out here on a daily is alarming.

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At this point Ronaldo needs to accept to be introduced in the game around 70 minutes or so, he's not that guy anymore.

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Lmao.

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See shot.

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VIDEO NEWS: "This is the abode of the kidnappers. This is where they come and behave as if they're peaceful people" — FCT police command demolishes criminal hideout

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The_Bearded_Dr_Sina

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3 days ago

UPDATE ON BADDY'S @_belikebaddy SURGERY so far. We started moblising for Baddy's surgery after the first surgery. We had a Timeline, After all funds were secured. Baddy's Mum who was the next of kin also had to get leave to enable her travel with Baddy to Egypt

the_beardedsina's tweet photo. UPDATE ON BADDY'S @_belikebaddy SURGERY so far.

We started moblising for Baddy's surgery after the first surgery.

We had a Timeline, After all funds were secured.

Baddy's Mum who was the next of kin also had to get leave to enable her travel with Baddy to Egypt https://t.co/PdVpVFeWlg

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GREEN_BERET!!! @3Star_GOD

3 days ago

Dear GOD, may I not fall in the process of making my homeland🇳🇬 free of evil MEN and searching for a better future 🤲🏿 #Sentinel

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Daddy Akin @Mellutu

4 days ago

I say I no get money, you dey say "a whole you" Who you think say I be self? 😆

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4 days ago

I went to a night club in Mallorca, Spain few years ago. You know bathrooms in night clubs across UK and Europe usually have people that clean them and they allow them sell biscuits and the likes right there inside the bathroom, this is what the man was doing. His Spanish sounded like yoruba-spanish, but I did not want to assume. After I finished peeing, I spoke Yoruba to him, and he confirmed he was. I was like damnnnnn brooo. See how men dey hustle. They had a bag/cloak room in the bathroom also, I did not have any cash, this man kept my bag and jacket for me for free. It did not stop there, I went to get fresh air outside the club, then I saw another man, he was selling caps, chains, and the likes. I found out he was yoruba after saying a word to him. We ended up speaking for a moment. I was going to the airport and he told me the right buses to take. I wrote about this experience in 2023, I will share the tweet in comments. Fear Nigerians o, we're born hustlers, we will work our asses of wherever we find ourselves.

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Daddy Akin @Mellutu

4 days ago

Why won't he want to honour contract of such amount?

David Ornstein

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4 days ago

🚨 Marcus Rashford deal at Man Utd includes £40m clause for all clubs bar #MCFC & #LFC. €30m buy option in Barcelona loan expired yesterday. If returns to #MUFC 28yo’s preference is to honour contract (2028) rather than join another PL side @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/I9A74Ko3TI

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4 days ago

United should move on from this guy.

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4 days ago

🚨 JUST IN: Marcus Rashford has a £40m clause available to ALL admirers - bar Liverpool and Manchester City - and a number of Premier League teams have expressed INTEREST. However, if Rashford goes back to Manchester United, it is believed his preference would be to HONOUR the remaining 24 months on his contract there rather than join an English team. #MUFC [@David_Ornstein]

mufcMPB's tweet photo. 🚨 JUST IN:

Marcus Rashford has a £40m clause available to ALL admirers - bar Liverpool and Manchester City - and a number of Premier League teams have expressed INTEREST.

However, if Rashford goes back to Manchester United, it is believed his preference would be to HONOUR the remaining 24 months on his contract there rather than join an English team.

#MUFC [@David_Ornstein]

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Daddy Akin @Mellutu

4 days ago

The build up to NZL's goal, the chest control of Chris Wood was something else.

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💔 Prayers up for Chimamanda Adichie, Ivara Esege, and their families at this devastating time.

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7 days ago

UPDATED: Fresh Attack on Kishi-Igbeti Road Claims One Life A suspected bandit ambush around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2026, along the Kishi-Igbeti corridor in Oyo State has left an electricity worker, Moshood Kayode ("Mr. Kay"), dead and several others injured after gunmen opened fire on a moving vehicle. The latest incident adds to growing concerns over insecurity around the Old Oyo National Park, which residents say is increasingly serving as a haven for kidnappers and armed gangs. The area has witnessed a series of violent incidents in recent months, including the abduction of four travelers, the killing of five park rangers in January, and the reported detention of kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers within the forest. Residents are demanding urgent military and police operations to flush out criminal elements and restore security along the Kishi-Igbeti axis before more lives are lost. cc: @Letter_to_Jack