Africans issued warnings about moving back to the continent after British boxing champ Anthony Joshua lost 2 friends in a fatal car accident on Monday.
Officials say Joshua, 36, was sitting in the backseat of a black Lexus SUV that collided with a truck on a highway near Lagos, Nigeria.
Photos and video from the scene show the bodies of Joshua’s best friends, Latz and Sina, lying in the roadway. The bodies lay there for hours in the hot sun.
Sina was Joshua’s strength and conditioning coach, while Latz was Joshua’s personal trainer. The three men traveled the world together.
Now Africans have issued warnings about the lack of resources and emergency services.
One man said in a viral video: “There was an accident. People got brains crushed out. They’re lying in the road and there is no paramedics, no emergency support. That is the reality of what most people have to live by in Africa.”
He said Good Samaritans who helped Joshua out of the mangled wreckage were praying for him and telling him he is not going to die. “And there is nobody there seriously to help,” he added.
He said Nigeria is a “dysfunctional country,” and that’s why people move away from Africa and “try to create a life elsewhere.”
He added, “If you’re going to go to Africa during December, sure have fun. But just remember, if something goes wrong, you’re on your own.”
Local officials say speed contributed to the accident. A tire on the SUV exploded causing the driver to lose control and collide with a red truck.
The SUV was “suspected to be traveling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit”, according to officials. No one was charged in the accident.
The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is known as one of Nigeria’s deadliest roads, according to the BBC. The highway has heavy traffic during the holidays as many Nigerians living abroad visit for the festive period.
Joshua is the son of British Nigerian parents. He was born in England but grew up in Nigeria where he attended a boarding school.
He returned to England after his parents divorced.
Watch the video below.
“Anthony Joshua’s accident in Lagos should act as a reminder for Africans in diaspora should stop fantasizing about Africa. There was no paramedics, no emergency support; that’s the reality of what most people have to live by in Africa.”
— Man says. pic.twitter.com/ZcabNBGyMm
— ???????? (@AsakyGRN) December 30, 2025
