Ogun State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the driver of the ill-fated Lexus SUV conveying the World boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and two of his close friends before it crashed on Monday around Danco, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Oluseyi Babaseyi, spokesperson for the state police command, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday.
The statement partly reads: “The driver of the Lexus SUV in connection with the Anthony Joshua accident case is currently in custody. Investigations are ongoing”,
Joshua was on Monday, at about 11 am, involved in a road accident that claimed two other occupants of the ill-fated car.
Reports also say that the vehicle conveying the renowned heavyweight boxer, a Lexus SUV with registration number KRD 850 HN, collided with a stationary truck.
The two foreign nationals who died in the accident have also been identified as Ayodele Kelvin Olu (36), a Nigerian/British citizen, and Gami Sina (36), a British citizen.
The Lagos and Ogun state governments, however, on Wednesday, announced that Joshua had been discharged from hospital.