Court grants bail to Anthony Joshua’s driver, adjourns case to February 25

A Magistrate Court sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State, has granted bail to Adeniyi Kayode, the driver who conveyed former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and members of his team before a fatal road accident.

Kayode was admitted to bail in the sum of ₦5 million, with two sureties, while the court adjourned the case to February 25, 2026, for further hearing.

The 46-year-old is facing trial over a crash that claimed the lives of Joshua’s personal trainer, Latif Ayodele, and his strength and conditioning coach, Sina Ghami.

Kayode was arraigned on January 2, 2026, before Magistrate Olufunilayo Somefun on a four-count charge bordering on dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care and attention resulting in bodily harm and damage to property, and driving without a valid national driver’s licence.

The offences are said to contravene provisions of the Federal Highway Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as applicable in Ogun State.

At the hearing, the prosecution counsel, Nijiwe Richard, sought an adjournment to allow the transmission of the case file to the Ogun State Attorney General’s office through the Department of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

The defence counsel, Abiodun Olalekan, opposed the application, stating that the defence was ready to proceed.

In her ruling, Magistrate Somefun granted the prosecution’s request and adjourned the matter to February 25.

The accident occurred on December 29, 2025, along the Lagos–Ibadan Motorway, when a Lexus SUV conveying Joshua, Kayode, and the two deceased aides collided with a stationary truck. Joshua and the driver sustained minor injuries.

Joshua was later discharged from hospital after being certified clinically fit.

He subsequently visited a funeral home in Lagos with his mother to pay his last respects to Ayodele and Ghami before their remains were repatriated to the United Kingdom.

The bodies of both men were flown to the UK, where a funeral prayer service was held on January 4, 2026, at the London Central Mosque.

Their deaths were widely mourned and described as a major loss within the international boxing community.