{"id":80952,"date":"2025-12-29T19:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80952"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:21:57","slug":"tinubu-sympathises-with-anthony-joshua-over-lagos-ibadan-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/29\/tinubu-sympathises-with-anthony-joshua-over-lagos-ibadan-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Sympathises with Anthony Joshua Over Lagos-Ibadan Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his condolences to world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, following a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that claimed two lives and left the boxer injured.<\/p>\n<p>In a sympathy message shared on his official Instagram handle, @officialasiwajubat, the President described the incident as a painful tragedy that has cast a shadow over the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI extend my deep sympathies to you following the tragic accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which claimed two precious lives and caused you injuries,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>The President expressed solidarity with Joshua and his family as they grapple with the emotional impact of the incident, noting that the loss of lives makes the tragedy particularly heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu also praised Joshua\u2019s character and contributions to the nation, describing him as a sportsman who embodies courage, discipline and unwavering love for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a sportsman, you have always shown courage, discipline, and unwavering love for our country. These are qualities that have made you a source of national pride,\u201d the President added.<\/p>\n<p>The accident has continued to generate reactions nationwide, with many Nigerians offering prayers and condolences to the families of the deceased and wishing Joshua a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his condolences to world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, following a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that claimed two lives and left the boxer injured. In a sympathy message shared on his official Instagram handle, @officialasiwajubat, the President described the incident as a painful tragedy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":80953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-80952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80954,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80952\/revisions\/80954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}