The Ogun State Police Command, on Friday, has charged to court docket one Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, the driving force who drove the ill-fated Lexus SUV jeep with registration plate quantity: KRD 850 HN, which had world boxing champion Anthony Joshua and two of his mates within the car.
The deadly accident occurred on Monday, December 29, 2025, when the SUV rammed right into a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The 46-year-old Adeniyi was arraigned earlier than the Justice of the Peace Courtroom sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State, on a four-count cost bothering on “harmful driving inflicting demise; reckless and negligent driving, in addition to driving with out due care and a spotlight.”
The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this by way of an announcement made obtainable to journalists on Friday afternoon in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Based on the cost sheet made obtainable to LEADERSHIP by the PPRO, Adeniyi was additionally accused of “driving with out a legitimate Nationwide Driver’s Licence”, an offence stated to be opposite to Part 10, sub-section 1 of the Federal Freeway Act.
The cost sheet learn partly: “Harmful Driving Inflicting Dying, opposite to Part 5 (1) of the Federal Freeway Act, Cap F: 135, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (as relevant in Ogun State).
“Reckless and Negligent Driving, opposite to Part 6 (1) of the identical Act.
“Driving With out Due Care and Consideration, inflicting bodily hurt and injury to property, opposite to Part 7 (1) of the Act.”
The court docket, nevertheless, admitted Adeniyi to bail within the sum of N5million, with two sureties in like sum and consequently adjourned the matter until January 20, 2026, for additional trial.
The accused was additionally ordered to be remanded on the Sagamu Correctional Centre, pending when he would excellent his bail circumstances.
