The person behind the wheel of a automobile that crashed right into a lorry in Nigeria, killing two passengers and injuring Anthony Joshua has been charged.
He’s alleged to have been driving recklessly and and not using a legitimate nationwide licence.
Joshua, a two-time world champion boxer, was travelling behind a black SUV when it struck a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos on Monday, killing his buddies Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.
Ghami was Joshua’s power and conditioning coach, whereas Ayodele was a coach and described as being like a “twin brother” to Joshua.
The wreckage of the Lexus. Pic: @FRSCNigeria/X
Joshua moving into the automobile. Pic: @akinyemiabdulq1/X
Hours earlier than the accident, Joshua and Ayodele posted clips on social media displaying them enjoying desk tennis collectively.
The Ogun State Police Command on Friday confirmed that the driving force of the Lexus SUV, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, had been charged on 4 counts.
Kayode was charged with harmful driving inflicting loss of life, reckless and negligent driving, driving with out due care and a focus and driving and not using a legitimate nationwide driver’s licence.
The 46-year-old appeared on the Sagamu Justice of the Peace Courtroom, and the case has been adjourned to twenty January for trial.
On Wednesday native authorities confirmed Joshua, who is British-Nigerian, had been discharged from the hospital and was recuperating at his dwelling in Nigeria.
The 36-year-old boxer and his mom had been “on the funeral dwelling in Lagos this afternoon to pay their closing respects to his two departed buddies”, Lagos state commissioner for data, Gbenga Omotoso, stated on social media on Wednesday.
