The two friends that died in the road accident involving heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua have been identified as Sina Ghami and Kevin ‘Latif’ Ayodele.
The two friends were traveling along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in Makun, Ogun State, approximately 12 a.m. local time, when the accident occurred, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
The FRSC said “preliminary findings indicate that the Lexus Jeep, which was suspected to be traveling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit on the corridor, lost control during an overtaking maneuver and crashed into a stationary truck well packed by the side of the road.”
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Ghami and Ayodele both worked with Joshua. Ghami was a strength and conditioning coach, and Ayodele was a personal trainer and fitness model. Both were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Ghami co-founded Evolve Gym in London. He was a qualified sports and exercise rehabilitator who specialises in musculoskeletal injuries and corrective exercise, according to its website.
He had also worked with athletes in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and Michigan State University football team.
Ghami’s most recent post was shared from Miami, where the fight between Joshua and Paul took place, and showed him and Joshua smiling next to each other with their fists raised.
Ayodele shared a similar photo with Joshua shortly after the fight, with the two flexing their muscles standing in front of a pool.
Ayodele had been working with the Spot Project, a charity that helps underprivileged children in The Gambia. His work with them was aimed at helping children have better school facilities, quality education, and sports equipment.
Ayodele was a practicing Muslim. In an Instagram post from 2020 that was pinned to his profile, he wrote, “Finding Islam in 2012 has been my biggest blessing Alhamdulilah. It allowed me to meet so many good brothers Muslim and none Muslim…”
Prior to the crash, Joshua shared a video of himself and Ayodele playing table tennis together.
Joshua was born in Britain to Nigerian parents and spent some of his early years in Nigeria at a boarding school. He traditionally travels to his family home in Nigeria at this time of year.
Joshua was taken to the hospital and said to be in a stable condition.
