Overview
- Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged in Sagamu with offences including causing death by dangerous driving, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care, and driving without a valid driver's licence.
- Police said bail was set at five million naira with two sureties, and the defendant was remanded pending fulfillment of the conditions before the next hearing on 20 January.
- Preliminary probes by Nigerian traffic and police agencies point to excessive speed, an attempted overtake, and a tyre blowout that led to loss of control before the collision.
- Anthony Joshua sustained minor injuries, was deemed clinically fit for home recovery, and visited a Lagos funeral home as the victims’ bodies were prepared for repatriation.
- The victims were identified as long-time team members Sina Ghami, Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach, and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, a trainer, who died when the SUV struck a stationary truck on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.