Anthony Joshua’s driver charged over Nigeria crash that killed two | UK News

The man behind the wheel of a car that crashed into a lorry in Nigeria, killing two passengers and injuring Anthony Joshua has been charged.

He is alleged to have been driving recklessly and without a valid national licence.

Joshua, a two-time world champion boxer, was travelling in the back of a black SUV when it struck a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos on Monday, killing his friends Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami.

Ghami was Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach, while Ayodele was a trainer and described as being like a “twin brother” to Joshua.

Hours before the accident, Joshua and Ayodele posted clips on social media showing them playing table tennis together.

The Ogun State Police Command on Friday confirmed that the driver of the Lexus SUV, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, had been charged on four counts.

Kayode was charged with dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care and attention and driving without a valid national driver’s licence.

The 46-year-old appeared at the Sagamu Magistrate Court, and the case has been adjourned to 20 January for trial.

On Wednesday local authorities confirmed Joshua, who is British-Nigerian, had been discharged from the hospital and was recuperating at his home in Nigeria.

The 36-year-old boxer and his mother had been “at the funeral home in Lagos this afternoon to pay their final respects to his two departed friends”, Lagos state commissioner for information, Gbenga Omotoso, said on social media on Wednesday.