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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6ae7da58ada447f49721d79578ce91c wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230606;font-size:14px"><strong>Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, appeared at a court in Ogun, a state in southwestern Nigeria which shares borders with the country&#8217;s business capital, Lagos state </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8febb2b289b8b86be1949f1408bf9721 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230606;font-size:14px"><strong>Kayode was the driver in a deadly car crash that injured former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and claimed the lives of two of Joshua&#8217;s friends </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-415273345b4da6a5d1c7d99aeff6551a wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230606;font-size:14px"><strong>The accident, which occurred on December 29, 2025, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, was reportedly caused by excessive speed and wrongful overtaking </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba35d626dd711dde1c90b8826dd29896 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230606;font-size:14px"><strong>Kayode was arraigned on Tuesday on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid national driver&#8217;s license </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8387a9290da95a5bc3451c8ca9cc43f2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#230606;font-size:14px"><strong>The court granted Kayode bail with bond set at â¦5 million, [$3,480]</strong>, <strong>while the case was adjourned to February 25</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The driver of the Lexus that crashed, injuring Anthony Joshua and killing to his friends days after Christmas, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, [photo], appeared in court on Tuesday, charged with causing death by dangerous driving</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The driver in a deadly car crash that injured British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and killed his two friends in Nigeria was arraigned on Tuesday on four counts, including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid national driver&#8217;s license.<br>Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, appeared at a local court in Ogun state in Nigeria&#8217;s southwest, following the accident in December that occurred near Nigeria&#8217;s economic hub, Lagos.<br>The accident, which occurred on December 29, 2025, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, was reportedly caused by excessive speed and wrongful overtaking <br>Kayode was driving Joshua and his friends in a Lexus SUV when it hit a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which links Ogun state to Lagos. Joshua, who was born in Watford, UK, has family roots in Sagamu, a town in Ogun state<br>He was on his way to visit relatives for New Year celebrations in the town at the time when the crash happened near the town. <br>Joshua, 36, survived, but his personal trainer, Latif Ayodele, was killed along with the boxer&#8217;s strength and conditioning coach, Sina Ghami. Both men died at the age of 36. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Latif-Ayodele-left-Anthony-Joshua-center-and-Sina-Ghami-right-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-492000"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong> The accident, which occurred on December 29, 2025, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria&#8217;s southwest, killed Latif Ayodele seen [left],with Anthony Joshua, [center], and Sina Ghami [right] </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Officials later said they found the driver to be driving at high speed.<br>The defendant was first charged early January for dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care and driving without a valid national driver&#8217;s license. He was at the time granted bail of â¦5 million [$3,480].<br>The defendant arrived at the Sagamu Magistrates Court in Ogun on Tuesday morning wearing a black hoodie and black trousers and in the company of his lawyers. However, the court adjourned trial until February 25, following a request by the prosecution.<br>Joshua like his two friends have family roots in Nigeria. Joshua he briefly attended boarding school there as a child, also holds Nigerian nationality.<br><br></p>

Driver of SUV in Christmas crash that injured ex-heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua, killing his trainer and fitness coach, arraigned for ‘reckless driving, causing death’
