5 months ago
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk person passed their condolences to nan families of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, nan 2 friends who died successful a car clang successful Nigeria this week successful which Anthony Joshua was besides injured.
Ayodele, besides known arsenic Latz, was a individual trainer of Joshua, while Ghami acted arsenic spot and conditioning coach for nan 36-year-old boxer. Joshua remains successful infirmary successful Lagos wherever he was described by his guidance squad arsenic being successful a unchangeable condition.
Fury, who had been expected to travel retired of status to conflict Joshua adjacent year, posted a tribute to Ghami and Ayodele connected societal media connected Tuesday, writing: “This is truthful sad. May God springiness them a bully furniture successful heaven.”
Usyk, nan unified heavyweight champion, said of “an unbelievable loss” connected societal media, describing Ghami and Ayodele arsenic “two unthinkable group who were not only a portion of AJ’s team, but besides friends!” Usyk passed his “sincere condolences to their families, loved ones and everyone who knew them” and wrote to Joshua: “stay strong, champion”.
Joshua, calved successful Watford to Nigerian parents, had worked pinch Ayodele and Ghami since nan opening of his career. The clang took spot connected nan Lagos-Ibadan expressway adjacent Makun connected Monday greeting and, conscionable hours before, Joshua and Ayodele posted footage connected their Instagram accounts of them playing array tennis together.
Jake Paul, who lost to Joshua successful a fight watched by 33 cardinal group conscionable 2 weeks ago, besides offered his condolences. “Life is overmuch much important than boxing. I americium praying for nan mislaid lives, AJ, and anyone impacted by today’s unfortunate accident,” he wrote.
Joshua is being treated astatine nan Duchess world infirmary successful Lagos, wherever nan president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said he had spoken to nan combatant and his mother, who has been astatine his bedside. “I person spoken pinch AJ to personally convey my condolences complete nan passing of his 2 adjacent associates, Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, successful nan caller accident,” Tinubu said successful a statement. “I wished him a afloat and speedy recovery, and prayed pinch him. AJ assured maine he is receiving nan champion imaginable care. I besides said pinch his mother and prayed for her.”
According to nan authorities of Ogun state, wherever nan clang took place, Joshua did not request immoderate emergency aesculapian involution astatine nan scene, contempt unverified footage seeming to show him grimacing successful symptom arsenic he was removed from what appeared to beryllium nan wreckage. Ogun officials did say, however, that Joshua had “narrowly escaped death”.
The national roadworthy information corps (FRSC) successful Nigeria posted respective pictures of nan clang segment connected X connected Monday, revealing preliminary findings that suggested a Lexus “was suspected to beryllium travelling beyond nan legally prescribed velocity limit”. The FRSC added nan car mislaid power during “an overtaking manoeuvre” and collapsed into a stationary motortruck by nan broadside of nan road.
Police commandant Babatunde Akinbiyi of Nigeria’s postulation compliance and enforcement agency said early investigations showed nan Lexus had been travelling on nan road from Lagos to Sagamu erstwhile it “experienced a tyre burst owed to excessive speed” and past “lost control”.
