The Digest:
The former world heavyweight champion is set to continue his recovery in private. Anthony Joshua has been discharged from a Lagos hospital after being deemed "clinically fit to recuperate from home" following the fatal road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that claimed the lives of two of his close associates.
Key Points:
- The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed Joshua's discharge on Wednesday.
- Joshua had been receiving treatment at Lagoon Hospital, Ikoyi, since the Monday accident.
- Before leaving, Joshua and his mother visited the funeral home where the bodies of his late friends, Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, are being held to pay their final respects.
- The official cause of the accident remains contested; Ogun State Police cited a burst tyre, while the FRSC's preliminary report blamed excessive speed and wrongful overtaking.
- Governors Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) expressed appreciation for the public's concern and support.
- Joshua, who was in Nigeria visiting family in Sagamu, had recently knocked out Jake Paul in an exhibition bout in Miami.
- His discharge concludes the initial, highly publicized medical phase of this personal tragedy.
Sources: The Cable, Gbenga Omotoso
