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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’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6ae7da58ada447f49721d79578ce91c" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode&comma; 46&comma; appeared at a court in Ogun&comma; a state in southwestern Nigeria which shares borders with the country&&num;8217&semi;s business capital&comma; Lagos state <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8febb2b289b8b86be1949f1408bf9721" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230606&semi;font-size&colon;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&&num;8217&semi;s friends <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-415273345b4da6a5d1c7d99aeff6551a" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The accident&comma; which occurred on December 29&comma; 2025&comma; along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway&comma; was reportedly caused by excessive speed and wrongful overtaking <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba35d626dd711dde1c90b8826dd29896" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Kayode was arraigned on Tuesday on four counts&comma; including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid national driver&&num;8217&semi;s license <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8387a9290da95a5bc3451c8ca9cc43f2" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230606&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The court granted Kayode bail with bond set at â‚¦5 million&comma; &lbrack;&dollar;3&comma;480&rsqb;<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>while the case was adjourned to February 25<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;01&sol;Adeniyi-Mobolaji-Kayode-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-491998" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;0&period;8508534081424115&semi;width&colon;827px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The driver of the Lexus that crashed&comma; injuring Anthony Joshua and killing to his friends days after Christmas&comma; Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; appeared in court on Tuesday&comma; charged with causing death by dangerous driving<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>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&comma; including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid national driver&&num;8217&semi;s license&period;<br>Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode&comma; 46&comma; appeared at a local court in Ogun state in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s southwest&comma; following the accident in December that occurred near Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s economic hub&comma; Lagos&period;<br>The accident&comma; which occurred on December 29&comma; 2025&comma; along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway&comma; 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&period; Joshua&comma; who was born in Watford&comma; UK&comma; has family roots in Sagamu&comma; 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&period; <br>Joshua&comma; 36&comma; survived&comma; but his personal trainer&comma; Latif Ayodele&comma; was killed along with the boxer&&num;8217&semi;s strength and conditioning coach&comma; Sina Ghami&period; Both men died at the age of 36&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;01&sol;Latif-Ayodele-left-Anthony-Joshua-center-and-Sina-Ghami-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-492000"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong> The accident&comma; which occurred on December 29&comma; 2025&comma; along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s southwest&comma; killed Latif Ayodele seen &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma;with Anthony Joshua&comma; &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; and Sina Ghami &lbrack;right&rsqb; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Officials later said they found the driver to be driving at high speed&period;<br>The defendant was first charged early January for dangerous driving causing death&comma; reckless and negligent driving&comma; driving without due care and driving without a valid national driver&&num;8217&semi;s license&period; He was at the time granted bail of ₦5 million &lbrack;&dollar;3&comma;480&rsqb;&period;<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&period; However&comma; the court adjourned trial until February 25&comma; following a request by the prosecution&period;<br>Joshua like his two friends have family roots in Nigeria&period; Joshua he briefly attended boarding school there as a child&comma; also holds Nigerian nationality&period;<br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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