{"id":387947,"date":"2026-01-03T00:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387947\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:59:12","slug":"driver-in-fatal-anthony-joshua-car-crash-charged-by-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387947\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash charged by police"},"content":{"rendered":"

The driver in a deadly car crash that injured former boxing world champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends<\/a> in Nigeria has been charged.<\/p>\n

Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged with dangerous and reckless driving, police spokesman Oluseyi Babaseyi said in a statement on Saturday (AEDT).<\/p>\n

The vehicle carrying Joshua and his two friends – Sina Ghami and Latif \u201cLatz\u201d Ayodele -hit a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which links Ogun state to Lagos.<\/p>\n

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Kayode has been in custody since Thursday following his release from hospital, and was subsequently granted bail of approximately $5200 AUD.<\/p>\n

The defendant was charged on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care as well as driving without a valid national driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was remanded pending when he meets his bail condition,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n

The court case was adjourned to January 20 trial.<\/p>\n

Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, was released from hospital after suffering minor injuries in the crash that raised questions about Nigerian road safety.<\/p>\n

The boxer was discharged after being deemed clinically fit to recuperate at home.<\/p>\n

Joshua has family roots in Nigeria and briefly attended boarding school there as a child.<\/p>\n

Joshua\u2019s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, told The Associated Press during the week that the British fighter will remain in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver in a deadly car crash that injured former boxing world champion Anthony Joshua and killed his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-387947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}