{"id":1825,"date":"2026-01-04T03:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/1825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T03:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:22:09","slug":"anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-after-deadly-crash-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/1825\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua&#8217;s driver charged after deadly crash in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LAGOS, Nigeria &#8212; The driver in a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthony-joshua-nigeria-crash-eca19ca3cc21e51ec5aa9d9a67f5f7c1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deadly car crash<\/a> that injured heavyweight champion <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthony-joshua-boxing-nigeria-21138c3030c0f88217ab0adc2a7c8aa1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> and killed his two friends in Nigeria was charged, the police said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged with dangerous and reckless driving in southwestern Ogun state following Monday&#8217;s crash, police spokesman Oluseyi Babaseyi said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The vehicle carrying Joshua, Sina Ghami and Latif \u201cLatz\u201d Ayodele hit a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which links Ogun state to Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Kayode has been in custody since Thursday following his release from hospital, and was subsequently granted bail of 5 million naira ($3,480), Babaseyi told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The defendant was charged on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care as well as driving without a valid national driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cHe was remanded pending when he meets his bail condition,\u201d the police spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The court case was adjourned to Jan. 20 for trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, was released from hospital on Wednesday after sustaining minor injuries in the crash that raised questions about road safety in Nigeria. The boxer was discharged after being deemed clinically fit to recuperate at home, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Joshua has family roots in Nigeria and he briefly attended boarding school there as a child. He also holds Nigerian nationality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Joshua\u2019s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, told The AP on Thursday that the boxer <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/anthony-joshua-car-crash-nigeria-68039e76da5851f577c6aab5c147f9c5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will remain in Nigeria<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAGOS, Nigeria &#8212; The driver in a deadly car crash that injured heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1876,137,645,1875,497,762,1874,122,264,242],"class_list":{"0":"post-1825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-1876","9":"tag-accidents","10":"tag-article","11":"tag-automotive-accidents","12":"tag-boxing","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-law-enforcement","15":"tag-nigeria","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}