Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, has blamed the roadcrash involving ex-world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua ondeep-rooted institutional failures in Nigeria.Sowore said this on Tuesday in a post on his verified Xhandle, condoling with the families of those who died in the road crash. According to him, the accident, which claimed the lives ofJoshua’s associates, should not be overshadowed by the survival of the globalsports icon. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African ActionCongress, AAC, stated that their deaths must not be reduced to mere footnotesin the survival of a celebrity, adding that the attention generated by theincident should compel national reflection and responsibility. Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has blamed the roadcrash involving ex-world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, todeep-rooted institutional failures in Nigeria. Sowore said this on Tuesday in a post on his verified Xhandle, condoling with the families of those who died in the road crash. According to him, the accident, which claimed the lives ofJoshua’s associates, should not be overshadowed by the survival of the globalsports icon. The 2023 presidential candidate of the African ActionCongress, AAC, stated that their deaths must not be reduced to mere footnotesin the survival of a celebrity, adding that the attention generated by theincident should compel national reflection and responsibility. “These kinds of fatal accidents are the daily, naked realityof a nation that has failed failed in small things and in big ones alike. “A country where road safety agencies and the police cannotprovide even the most basic first aid. Where there are no stretchers, nofunctional ambulances, and certainly no air ambulances. Where people die notonly from accidents, but from institutional neglect,” he wrote.“These kinds of fatal accidents are the daily, naked realityof a nation that has failed failed in small things and in big ones alike. “A country where road safety agencies and the police cannotprovide even the most basic first aid. Where there are no stretchers, nofunctional ambulances, and certainly no air ambulances. Where people die notonly from accidents, but from institutional neglect,” he wrote.
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