Emergency details
The driver of the car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been charged with reckless and dangerous driving. This was announced by police in Nigeria’s southwestern Ogun state on Friday. According to EuroNews, 46-year-old Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the boxer and two of his friends, Latif Aidyole and Sina Ghami, on a busy highway connecting Lagos and Ibadan in southwest Nigeria when their Lexus SUV crashed into a parked truck on Monday.
A suitable safety device for the driver
“The accused has been bailed at five million naira (approximately €2,960) with two sureties. He was remanded in custody until he fulfills the bail conditions,” police spokesman Oluseji Babasei told AFP.
Joshua’s recovery and tribute
Anthony Joshua will initially stay in Nigeria to recover from injuries sustained in the crash, his promoter said on Thursday. “Anthony was reportedly discharged from hospital last night and will remain in Nigeria for the next few days,” Matchroom Boxing said in a statement. The former heavyweight champion and two of his companions crashed on the main road, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway connecting Ogun State to Lagos, on Monday. Two companions, Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Aidyole, were killed. Joshua was discharged from a Lagos hospital on Wednesday afternoon and paid his respects to deceased friends at the mortuary.
Joshua’s connection to Nigeria
Joshua has family roots in Nigeria and briefly attended boarding school there as a child. He also holds Nigerian citizenship. Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, announced on Wednesday that Joshua was discharged after being declared clinically fit to recuperate “at home”. Ghami was Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach and Aidyole the trainer. Just hours before the accident, Joshua and Aidyole posted clips of themselves playing table tennis together on social media.
