US EditionJoshua flies back to UK after Nigeria car crash
Joshua's driver faces four charges including causing death by dangerous driving; over 1,200 accidents occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway last year, officials said.
- British media reported Saturday that Anthony Joshua returned to the UK after a car crash in Nigeria, arriving to attend funerals of two colleagues killed in the accident.
- Joshua was riding in the back seat of a black Lexus when it hit a parked truck around midday on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway near Sagamu, killing coaches Sina Ghami and Latif "Latz" Ayodele.
- Anthony Joshua sustained minor injuries, was treated in hospital and discharged on Wednesday, after posting social media posts hours earlier while traveling to see relatives in Nigeria.
- Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged at Sagamu Magistrates' Court on Friday and granted bail of 5,000,000 Naira ; case adjourned to Jan. 20.
- Funerals for Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele are set for Sunday at a London mosque, Joshua has roots in Sagamu, and the crash may delay his planned fight with Tyson Fury.
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Anthony Joshua ‘reappeared’ six days after the fatal accident in which he participated and which ended with the lives of his two friends, Sina Ghami and Kevin Latif “Latz” Ayodele. British professional boxer, a unified heavyweight bi-champion, shared his first photo on Instagram just before the funeral of his friends, which will take place this Sunday in the UK. The two-time world heavyweight champion was traveling as a passenger in a black Lexu…
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