Anthony Joshua has issued his first public update after the car crash in Nigeria which injured him and killed two of his close friends and team members.
Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, also known as Latz, died after the vehicle they were travelling in along with Joshua struck a stationary truck on a major road near Lagos on Monday. Joshua was taken to hospital before being discharged on Wednesday and he has flown back to the UK ahead of the funerals of Ghami, his strength and conditioning coach, and Ayodele, one of his trainers.
The former two-time world heavyweight champion posted two images on Instagram on Sunday, one of which was the boxer sitting alongside his mother and three other women, one of whom held a photograph of Ghami.
He captioned the post “My Brothers Keeper”. On Friday, the Ogun state police confirmed Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, who was driving the car with Joshua as a passenger, had been charged over the crash at the Sagamu magistrates court.
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Joshua, who was born in Watford to Nigerian parents, was on holiday in the country following his sixth-round knockout win over the YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul in Miami in December.