5 months ago
Nigerian constabulary person charged Anthony Joshua’s driver pinch causing decease by vulnerable driving aft a fatal clang that killed 2 people.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was besides charged pinch driving without a valid driving licence and “driving without owed attraction and attention, causing bodily harm and harm to property”. He is owed to look successful tribunal connected 20 January.
The Federal Road Safety Corps successful Nigeria said they believed nan conveyance was travelling “beyond nan legally prescribed velocity limit”.
Kayode was driving nan erstwhile world heavyweight boxing champion, Joshua, 36, his individual trainer, Latif Ayodele, and spot coach, Sina Ghami, connected 29 December connected a engaged road linking Lagos and Ibadan successful south-west Nigeria.
The Lexus SUV was travelling astatine precocious velocity erstwhile nan tyre connected nan rider broadside burst while trying to overtake a vehicle. The Lexus collapsed into a stationary lorry carrying soya beans that was illegally parked connected nan difficult enarthrosis of nan Lagos-Ibadan expressway, 30 miles from Lagos. Ayodele and Ghami, some 36, died astatine nan scene.
The 46-year-old driver is simply a longstanding personnel of nan boxer’s team, and was granted bail of 5m naira (£2,580), but will stay successful custody until he meets bail conditions.
The driver and Joshua survived pinch insignificant injuries, but Kayode was taken to nan Lagoon infirmary successful Ikoyi and kept nether study for 2 days. After nan crash, Joshua and his mother paid their respects to nan boxer’s friends astatine nan ceremonial home.
The mishap occurred 10 days aft nan erstwhile world champion celebrated his victory against nan YouTuber Jake Paul successful nan US. Prior to nan crash, Joshua was believed to beryllium preparing to return to nan boxing ringing early this year.
After nan crash, nan Ogun authorities government said successful a statement: “Anthony Joshua and different rider were instantly evacuated to a specialised aesculapian installation successful Lagos.
“Following broad objective assessments, doctors person confirmed that some patients are unchangeable and do not require immoderate emergency aesculapian involution astatine this time. A afloat aesculapian squad has been assembled and will proceed to show them closely.”
