UK boxing champion Anthony Joshua skilled the very best of highs and the bottom of lows in a brief span of time. Now, the person chargeable for the demise of two of his shut associates, Adenyi Mobalaji Kayode, has been charged by Nigerian police with “harmful driving inflicting demise.”
As BOSSIP previously reported, on Dec. 29, Kayode, 46, was driving Joshua and two different males—Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami—in a SUV when he collided into the again of a stationary automobile. Ayodele and Ghami had been pronounced lifeless on the scene, whereas Joshua and the motive force each sustained minor accidents. Joshua was reportedly launched from a hospital in Lagos on New Year’s Eve and visited the funeral dwelling to view the our bodies of his deceased associates earlier than flying again to the UK.
Videos from the scene confirmed Joshua being handled for his accidents on the facet of a busy street with damaged glass littered throughout the backseat of the automobile. According to CBS News, vehicle-related accidents leading to fatalities are widespread in Nigeria, with the West African nation recording 5,421 deaths in 9,570 street accidents in 2024 alone.
Kayode is predicted to look in courtroom on Jan. 20 to face the costs and his bail has been set to 5 million naira, equaling round $3500 USD. He will stay detained till he has met his bail situations. Preliminary investigations into the crash confirmed that the 46-year-old driver was working the automobile properly above the velocity restrict inflicting the tire to burst earlier than the crash.
Though a former two-time world heavyweight champion since 2019, Joshua not too long ago stole American hearts when he defeated Jake Paul in a jaw-dropping efficiency that introduced in 33 million views on Netflix. From thirsty diatribes on his bodily look to all out drooling over his boxing prowess, Black girls determined that Joshua was welcome right here anytime. Our condolences exit to the boxing champ and the households of Ayodele and Ghami at this tough time.
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