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The driver of a car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been charged with reckless and dangerous driving, police in Nigeria’s southwestern Ogun state said on Friday.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was driving the boxer and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in southwest Nigeria when the Lexus SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on Monday.
Kayode is expected to appear in court on January 20.
“The defendant was granted bail in the sum of five million naira (US$3,480) with two sureties. He was remanded pending when he meets his bail condition,” police spokesman Oluseyi Babaseyi told Agence France-Presse.
Nigerian police said Ayodele and Ghami died at the scene while Joshua and the driver sustained minor injuries.
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) told Agence France-Presse earlier in the week that its preliminary investigations showed that the vehicle was moving at an excessive speed and had burst a tyre before the crash.

Joshua is initially staying in Nigeria as he recuperates from his injuries.
The boxer was released from a Lagos hospital on Wednesday afternoon and he paid his respects to his deceased friends at the morgue.
Joshua’s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, told Associated Press on Thursday: “As reported, Anthony was released from hospital last night and will remain in Nigeria over the coming days.”
Joshua has family roots in Nigeria and he briefly attended boarding school there as a child. He also holds Nigerian nationality.
Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos state commissioner for information, said on Wednesday that Joshua had been discharged after being deemed clinically fit to recuperate from “home”.
Ghami was Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach while Ayodele was a trainer. Just hours before the crash, Joshua and Ayodele posted clips on social media playing table tennis together.
A government source suggested to Agence France-Presse on Thursday that the remains of the victims may have been repatriated to the United Kingdom. Joshua’s whereabouts are unknown.
Reporting by Agence France-Presse, Associated Press


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Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the British boxer and 2 of his friends when their car crashed on Monday, killing Joshua’s friends


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Driver in fatal Anthony Joshua car crash charged with dangerous driving by Nigerian police

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Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode was driving the British boxer and 2 of his friends when their car crashed on Monday, killing Joshua’s friends