• Driver gets N5 bail
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State, has adjourned the trial of Adeniyi Kayode, 45, the driver involved in the road crash that claimed the lives of two aides of former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua, to February 25.
Kayode, who appeared before the court for the continuation of his trial, on a four-count charge, yesterday was earlier granted bail in the sum of N5million with two sureties in like sum.
The defendant is facing 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 News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Kayode was arraigned on January 2, before Magistrate Olajumoke, following the accident, which occurred on December 29, last year in front of Sinamo Company on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The defendant being the driver of a Lexus 570 jeep with registration number KRD 850 HM, conveying Joshua and his friends Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, drove dangerously which resulted in a fatal accident and caused the untimely death of Ayodele and Ghami.
The heavyweight boxing champion Joshua also sustained injuries in the accident.
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The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Richard Nijiwe said the offence contravened section 5(1), 6(1), 7(1) and 10(1) of the Federal Highway Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Richard also made an application to the court for an adjournment of the case to enable the transmission of the case file to the Ogun State Attorney-General’s Office through the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
However, the defence counsel, Mr Abiodun Olalekan, opposed the application, arguing that the defence was ready to proceed with the trial.
In her ruling, Magistrate Somefun granted the prosecution’s application and adjourned the matter to February 25, for further hearing