{"id":55532,"date":"2026-01-02T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-over-nigeria-crash-that-killed-two\/02\/01\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:43:49","slug":"anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-over-nigeria-crash-that-killed-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-over-nigeria-crash-that-killed-two\/02\/01\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua&#8217;s driver charged over Nigeria crash that killed two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anthony Joshua&#8217;s driver has been charged after a crash in Nigeria injured the boxer and killed two of his team members, police have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged at the Sagamu Magistrate Court on Friday. Police sources told the BBC the charges included causing death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Joshua&#8217;s personal trainer, Latif Ayodele, and strength coach, Sina Ghami, died on Monday after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in Ogun State, near Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former heavyweight champion was taken to hospital with injuries after the crash and was discharged on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prosecutors brought four charges against Mr Kayode &#8211; causing death by dangerous driving, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care, and driving without a valid driver&#8217;s licence, a police source told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The case has been adjourned until 20 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-over-161829626.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua&rsquo;s driver has been charged after a crash in Nigeria injured the boxer and killed two of his team members, police<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anthony-joshuas-driver-charged-over-nigeria-crash-that-killed-two\/02\/01\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/1f530212d95545e6af29fc954bf6f0f4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}