Ogun State Police Command has affirmed that the Auto crash involving World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Anthony Joshua and others along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway on Monday, December 29, 2025, was allegedly caused by a tyre burst.

Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, gave the clarification while providing an update on the accident at the command's headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

Meanwhile, Wale Ajetunmobi, an aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has said Joshua is receiving treatment in Lagos after surviving a fatal car accident.

Ajetunmobi said this to dispute a rumour on X that the boxer had been flown out of the country in a private jet for treatment immediately after the accident.

He said, "This is Fake News. Anthony Joshua is receiving treatment in a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria."

When his claim was disputed by those seeking the name of the hospital where Joshua is being treated in Lagos, Ajetunmobi said, "When you show me the picture of the 'private jet' that took Joshua out, I will tell you the hospital’s name."

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