Driver in Anthony Joshua crash that killed two | Boxing News
The driver concerned in a deadly car crash, which took the lives of two of Anthony Joshua’s closest associates in December, appeared in court in Nigeria on Wednesday. Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, appeared at Sagamu Magistrates Court in Ogun State and is going through costs of inflicting death by harmful driving, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care, as effectively as driving without a legitimate driver’s licence.
He may face life in prison if discovered guilty. At a listening to on Wednesday, the court heard how prosecutors require more time to collect evidence, with his case being adjourned until March 13. Kayode, who first appeared in court in January but didn’t communicate at the listening to, has yet to enter a plea to the fees. He was beforehand launched from custody after being granted bail.
Sina Ghami and Kevin Ayodele had been killed in a car crash on December 29, when a vehicle they and Joshua had been travelling in crashed into a stationary lorry on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, in south-west Nigeria. Ghami, the personal coach to the previous world heavyweight boxing champion, and strength and conditioning coach, Ayodele, had been pronounced useless at the scene, while Joshua was taken to hospital for treatment on minor accidents.
It comes as Joshua paid tribute to his late associates in a YouTube video a month on from the crash. The 36-year-old said: “Not only did their parents, their uncles, their cousins, their friends and myself lose like two great men, we lost people that we dearly care about.
“It’s robust, it is actually robust. I’m not going to sit right here and show all of my feelings. I do know in today’s day and age it is easy to micro-analyse people and cross judgement, but I do know what I movie and that’s all that issues to me. I do know what my obligation is.
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“They’re my brothers, my friends, first and foremost. Then we became business partners, we became hustlers, we became lieutenants, we became generals, we became everything. We became housemates, we were living together.”
After pausing briefly to compose himself, visibly emotional, Joshua continued: “Yeah, it’s a shame. It’s a shame. So there’s that side of things and what can I say? One day my time will come, and I’m not scared either. At all.
“It’s really comforting figuring out that I’ve acquired two brothers on the other facet. I’ve misplaced people before, but I do not suppose I’ve misplaced people like that, my left and my proper. Throughout this journey that I’ve been on…it is not simple. I did not even realise that, I’m the big man.
“But I was walking with giants, kept me protected, kept me shielded. But the mission must go on. I understand my duty I understand what they wanted to do for their families. So my goal is to continue to help them achieve their goals.
“Even though they might not be right here in the bodily, when I pray at night time, when I pray in the morning, I do know spiritually, they are going to assist me through because it is not just bodily strength that’s going to get me through. It’s going to take a lot of strength from the upper energy, so I’m going to be positively saying my prayers and I’m going to help them fulfil their goals for their households.”
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