Nigerian police have charged the driver of a car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash with “reckless” and “dangerous driving causing death”.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was also charged with “driving without a valid national driver’s licence” and “driving without due care and attention,causing bodily harm and damage to property”, Oluseyi Babaseyi, a spokesman for the police in Ogun state, told AFP.
He was granted five million naira bail ($6000) with two sureties but will remain in detention until he meets the bail conditions, Babaseyi said.
Kayode was driving the former two-time heavyweight champion and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in southwest Nigeria when the Lexus SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on Monday.
Nigerian police and state officials said Ayodele and Ghami died at the scene, while Joshua and Kayode sustained minor injuries.
Ghami was Joshua’s long-time strength and conditioning coach, while Ayodele was his personal trainer, according to British media.
Police said the crash occurred in the town of Makun, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. Photo / X
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (Trace) in the Ogun state section of the highway, where the crash occurred, told AFP earlier in the week its preliminary investigations showed the vehicle was moving at an excessive speed and had a burst tyre before the collision.
