https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzXNe-QX8k4

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child, my real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed.

The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti. His real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

He was flown over from the east African country aged nine by a woman he had never met, and then made to look after another family's children, he says.

"For years I just kept blocking it out," the Team GB athlete says.

"But you can only block it out for so long."

The long-distance runner has previously said he came to the UK from Somalia with his parents as a refugee.

But in a documentary by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, seen by BBC News and airing on Wednesday, he says his parents have never been to the UK - his mother and two brothers live on their family farm in the breakaway state of Somaliland.

His father, Abdi, was killed by stray gunfire when Sir Mo was four years old, in civil violence in Somalia. Somaliland declared independence in 1991 but is not internationally recognised.

Sir Mo says he was about eight or nine years old when he was taken from home to stay with family in Djibouti. He was then flown over to the UK by a woman he had never met and wasn't related to.

She told him he was being taken to Europe to live with relatives there - something he says he was "excited" about. "I'd never been on a plane before," he says.

The woman told him to say his name was Mohamed. He says she had fake travel documents with her that showed his photo next to the name "Mohamed Farah".

When they arrived in the UK, the woman took him to her flat in Hounslow, West London, and took a piece of paper off him that had his relatives' contact details on.

"Right in front of me, she ripped it up and put it in the bin. At that moment, I knew I was in trouble," he says.

Sir Mo says he had to do housework and childcare "if I wanted food in my mouth". He says the woman told him: "If you ever want to see your family again, don't say anything."

"Often I would just lock myself in the bathroom and cry," he says.

For the first few years the family didn't allow him to go to school, but when he was about 12 he enrolled in Year 7 at Feltham Community College.

Staff were told Sir Mo was a refugee from Somalia.

His old form tutor Sarah Rennie tells the BBC he came to school "unkempt and uncared for", that he spoke very little English and was an "emotionally and culturally alienated" child.

She says the people who said they were his parents didn't attend any parents' evenings.

Sir Mo's PE teacher, Alan Watkinson, noticed a transformation in the young boy when he hit the athletics track.

"The only language he seemed to understand was the language of PE and sport," he says.

Sir Mo says sport was a lifeline for him as "the only thing I could do to get away from this [living situation] was to get out and run".

He eventually confided in Mr Watkinson about his true identity, his background, and the family he was being forced to work for.

'The real Mo'
The PE teacher contacted social services and helped Sir Mo to be fostered by another Somali family.

"I still missed my real family, but from that moment everything got better," Sir Mo says.

"I felt like a lot of stuff was lifted off my shoulders, and I felt like me. That's when Mo came out - the real Mo."

Sir Mo began making a name for himself as an athlete and aged 14 he was invited to compete for English schools at a race in Latvia - but he didn't have any travel documents.

Mr Watkinson helped him apply for British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah, which was granted in July 2000.

In the documentary, barrister Allan Briddock tells Sir Mo his nationality was technically "obtained by fraud or misrepresentations".

Legally, the government can remove a person's British nationality if their citizenship was obtained through fraud.

However, Mr Briddock explains the risk of this in Sir Mo's case is low.

"Basically, the definition of trafficking is transportation for exploitative purposes," he tells Sir Mo.

"In your case, you were obliged as a very small child yourself to look after small children and to be a domestic servant. And then you told the relevant authorities, 'that is not my name'. All of those combine to lessen the risk that the Home Office will take away your nationality."

Running 'saved me'
Sir Mo says he wants to tell his story to challenge public perceptions of trafficking and slavery.

"I had no idea there was so many people who are going through exactly the same thing that I did. It just shows how lucky I was," he says.

"What really saved me, what made me different, was that I could run."

The woman who brought Sir Mo to London has been approached by the BBC for comment, but has not responded.

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, who was forced to flee Iraq with his family when he was 11, said hearing Sir Mo's story was "heartbreaking and painful".

He told BBC Breakfast: "I salute Mo Farah. What an amazing human being, to have gone through that trauma in childhood, to come through it and be such a great role model. It's truly inspirational."

SOURCE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxK-TKqPiE8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfq6O9rUdyM

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah, as he was known, is Britain's greatest athlete winning over 27 Gold medals across the Olympics, World Championships, European Championships, the Diamond League and others.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-gOCOu_KGU
10000m Gold (London 2012)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93qwVmBseE
5000m Gold (London 2012)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsEV7vGAvA
10000m Good (Rio 2016)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWa-NvBO5lA
5000m Gold (Rio 2016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpYLZxf3cH4

The four-time Olympic Champion was knighted by the Queen on Nov 14, 2017.

Success in life makes a story easy to tell.

Imagine if he was a failure, who would care if his name was Abbu Jaba

There has been calls for his knighthood to be revoked and Farah deported but no way, the British Home Office insists.

Greetings

Just heard it on Nigeria info PH

Sir Mo says sport was a lifeline for him as "the only thing I could do to get away from this [living situation] was to get out and run"

.....and he ran to be a World Champion.

Talking about when life gives you lemons �............

interesting

Ok, it's a long read.

Behind every story there's a glory

Better be grateful to that woman who trafficked you. If not, you for dey Africa dey languish in penury

The best will always be the best,no matter what anyone does to hinder his success.
He was deprived of basic rights of a child,but success found him as an adult.. More successes bro in you career and life.

Yeah. He was an illegal immigrant. He can only afford to talk now because he is successful.

Unlike several others who will be deported ASAP.

Stick to that name my friend, you achieved a lot with it and by the way, my head is saturated so no space for change of name therein.

Wow. Africans enslaving Africans! And this happens a lot in Nigeria. People enslaving children as house helps. Making them work like slaves, sometimes even distant relatives from the village.

Hmmmm

Ok..
Let us do something different for Peter-Obi.
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***This message is not for the STINGY Obidients ooo..
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If you really Love Peter-Obi,,
Then, let’s gather together and show our country Nigeria, and the people of Nigeria some love on Peter-Obi’s Birthday.
..
Just buy Airtime and do Give-away.
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Any amount of airtime you can buy, just get them ready and do give-away on Tuesday the 19th of July 2022 in order to mark Peter-Obi’s Birthday.

Just do it for the sake of happiness, and for the sake of Love.
..
(I was thinking that we may buy some wrapped and packaged food-items and/or drinks and share them to some random strangers on our streets - YES.. We can still do that one too if it is highly necessary, depending on our locations. But then, a lot of us online would prefer we show them love through Airtime. We are free to do the give-away on Nairaland too. Love doesn't segregate)
..
PLEASE REMEMBER.!!
Don't tell the people whom to vote for. Their choice of candidates should always be respected.

Just tell them that you're showing them love for the sake of Peter-Obi because the day is Peter-Obi’s Birthday, and it is exactly how Peter-Obi is going to show all Nigerians more love in the future.

We are not trying to bribe anybody.

We are not trying to lobby anybody.

We are not trying to buy anybody's votes.

We are just showing some love.

And also, the people that we showed some love can still vote for their preferred candidates, and nobody is stopping them.
..
And please, when you're doing the give-away, don't even wait to hear them say “Thank You”. If they thank you, appreciate them.

If they didn't appreciate the give-away, please don't let it bother your peace and your love.

Don't even wait for them to start analysing and asking questions.
..
Just do your give-away, and mouve peacefully.

As a RUNNER, you keep RUNNING RACE OF LIFE in addition to ur ATHLETES RACES!

RAN from Somali to DIJOUBTI, now RAN to UK.... u now RUN for ENGLAND.. no bother RUN come HOME ooo.

His story must have inspired David Nwamini.

Wetin make we do

PlayerMeji:
Success in life makes a story easy to tell.

Imagine if he was a failure, who would care if his name was Abbu Jaba

Well said. If he's nobody, the son of nobody, the world won't be interested. This shows that indeed success have many fathers and failure is an orphan.

Nature has a way of dealing with us differently. I believe if you were still in Somalia your talent would have died naturally or you may just make little impart within your locale. Somalia was devastated with warfare, if still as at the time you left all you will be thinking is how to protect your life and that of your family. So far you never missed the contacts of your family, just move on with life.....

BluntCrazeMan:
Ok..
Let us do something different for Peter-Obi.
..
***This message is not for the STINGY Obidients ooo..
..
If you really Love Peter-Obi,,
Then, let’s gather together and show our country Nigeria, and the people of Nigeria some love on Peter-Obi’s Birthday.
..
Just buy Airtime and do Give-away.
..
Any amount of airtime you can buy, just get them ready and do give-away on Tuesday the 19th of July 2022 in order to mark Peter-Obi’s Birthday.

Just do it for the sake of happiness, and for the sake of Love.
..
(I was thinking that we may buy some wrapped and packaged food-items and/or drinks and share them to some random strangers on our streets - YES.. We can still do that one too if it is highly necessary, depending on our locations. But then, a lot of us online would prefer we show them love through Airtime. We are free to do the give-away on Nairaland too. Love doesn't segregate)
..
PLEASE REMEMBER.!!
Don't tell the people whom to vote for. Their choice of candidates should always be respected.

Just tell them that you're showing them love for the sake of Peter-Obi because the day is Peter-Obi’s Birthday, and it is exactly how Peter-Obi is going to show all Nigerians more love in the future.

We are not trying to bribe anybody.

We are not trying to lobby anybody.

We are not trying to buy anybody's votes.

We are just showing some love.

And also, the people that we showed some love can still vote for their preferred candidates, and nobody is stopping them.
..
And please, when you're doing the give-away, don't even wait to hear them say “Thank You”. If they thank you, appreciate them.

If they didn't appreciate the give-away, please don't let it bother your peace and your love.

Don't even wait for them to start analysing and asking questions.
..
Just do your give-away, and mouve peacefully.

Lalasticlala.
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