Anthony Joshua returns to UK as friends’ funerals hold on Sunday

By Editor

Anthony Joshua has flown back to the UK after the car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends and team members.

Joshua sustained minor injuries in the fatal incident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that took the lives of Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele, with the former world heavyweight champion released from the hospital on New Year’s Eve.

The funerals of Ghami and Ayodele will take place at a London Mosque on Sunday.

The driver of the car involved in the crash, Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, has been charged by the police with causing death by dangerous driving and driving without a licence, Ogun State Police Command confirmed on Friday.

The case has been adjourned until January 20.

The defendant was granted bail in the sum of N5million and was remanded pending his bail conditions being met.

Updated reports from the site of the fatal accident confirm that Joshua and his friends lost some of their personal belongings, including their phones and cash.

Joshua was spending time in Nigeria following his recent knockout victory over Jake Paul in Miami, in a Netflix fight. It was Joshua’s first fight since defeat to compatriot Daniel Dubois in September 2024.