Anthony Joshua’s Accident: Reno Omokri Criticises De-Marketing of Nigeria
- Ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the tragic road accident involving boxing champion Anthony Joshua
- Legit.ng had reported that Joshua was involved in a fatal road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday, December 29, 2025
- Omokri, who was once a presidential aide, explained how Nigerians were de-marketing the country with their posts on social media
Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues
FCT, Abuja - Ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, has slammed the de-marketing of Nigeria after boxing champion Anthony Joshua survived a fatal road accident.
Legit.ng reports that Joshua got injured while he lost two of his associates in the tragic accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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Omokri urged Nigerians to get full details of what occurred to Joshua before making damaging statements.
He said international news channels are saying horrible things about Nigeria while quoting Nigerian X users.
He stated this in a post shared via his X handle @renoomokri on Monday, December 29, 2025.
“But your first instincts are to attack Nigeria and paint the worst possible picture to the outside world, and now headlines from as far away as India and Australia are quoting Nigerian X users and lampooning Nigeria and saying that no first responders came to Mr Joshua's rescue and that the whole scene was emblematic of a failed state. “
Omokri said the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived within the first few minutes of the accident.
The former presidential aide dismissed the claim that no first responders came to Joshua's rescue.
“The deaths that occurred during the accident, according to preliminary official reports, were not caused by any negligence. The individuals concerned died on the spot, and the official cause is collision trauma from "excessive speed". May God grant fortitude to their families.”
Reactions as Anthony Joshua survives fatal accident
Legit.ng compiles some reactions below:
@Sirphinie
Nigerians, when anything happens: Step 1: Open X Step 2: Declare Nigeria a failed state Step 3: Become CNN correspondent from the comfort of your mattress “No first responders came!” meanwhile, eyewitnesses were already turning into Avengers within 2 minutes.
@Olalekanakogun
Do they care? All they just want to do is cry NIGERIA, it doesn’t matter what the story is. As far as they’re concerned, it must be Nigeria that had failed him, but the UK didn’t fail Princess Diana, the US didn’t fail Paul Walker, and Spain didn’t fail Diogo Jota. See-no-goods! :: What a narrow escape for
@anthonyjoshua. May the souls of the departed #RIP.
@CourageGalah
Abeg shift. For hours, no emergency service could arrive at the scene, dead bodies spread on the ground, AJ was made to sit in a police Hilux after surviving a ghastly accident...really, Reno?! You said people? are demarketing Nigeria? We have poor systems across every sector. Bad!
@eyolofty
Jota Diogo and his brother Andre Silva died from a ghastly motor accident in Zamora, Spain, and nobody demarked Spain. Had it happened in Nigeria, all the negative news in the world about our emergency response would have been on social media, and primarily 99% by Nigerians.
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Tinubu sends message to Anthony Joshua after road crash
Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reached out to world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua after the tragic road accident.
Legit.ng reports that Joshua was involved in a fatal road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday, December 29, 2025.
Joshua got injured during the accident, while two of his associates lost their lives after colliding with a stationary truck.
FRSC mentions cause of accident involving Anthony Joshua
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) mentioned the primary causes of the accident involving Anthony Joshua.
The tragic accident occurred today, Monday, 29 December 2025, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun state.
Olusegun Ogungbemide, the assistant corps marshal, Public Education Officer, shared more details about the unfortunate incident.
Proofreading by Kola Muhammed, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
