Yesterday, We Saw Nigeria Working As It Should For Anthony Joshua
It took the French police ten minutes to get to the scene of Princess Diana's car crash, though it happened in metropolitan Paris. Please fact-check me.
But it took the Nigerian Police Force less than ten… pic.twitter.com/Jix10z7h35
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) December 30, 2025
Yesterday, We Saw Nigeria Working As It Should For Anthony Joshua
It took the French police ten minutes to get to the scene of Princess Diana’s car crash, though it happened in metropolitan Paris. Please fact-check me.
But it took the Nigerian Police Force less than ten minutes to get to the scene of Anthony Joshua’s car accident, though it occurred outside a metropolitan area. Again, please fact-check me.
It took French emergency response crews 101 minutes to get Princess Diana to the hospital, whereas Anthony Joshua was in a hospital within minutes. The total time was approximately thirty minutes.
Just as Anthony Joshua’s friends sadly died on the spot, likewise did Dodi Fayed and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, die immediately from the impact of the accident.
The deaths, both in France and Nigeria, did not occur because of any negligence on the part of emergency first responders. They were a direct result of the collision from the accident.
Both crashes were caused by speeding far above the legal speed limit. Bad roads were not a factor at all in either crash.
The stretch of highway on which the Anthony Joshua crash occurred was very motorable and is a credit to Nigeria.
Go back and watch the video. This was a six-lane highway with three lanes on either side, well demarcated, free of potholes, and with lanes clearly delineated.
So, please tell me where Nigeria went wrong, or how we failed Mr Joshua in this sad episode that some unpatriotic citizens are trending things like ‘Nigeria happened to Anthony Joshua’.
Did Spain happen to Diogo Jota?
Did Honduras happen to Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC?
Did America happen to Fast and Furious star, Paul Walker, when he died in a car crash in California?
I understand that, because of the intense negative slant of Nigeria’s social media sphere, where it is easier to trend with bad news, a critical mass of our people has a confirmation bias toward negative stories.
However, please take your time to Google how many times the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has saved the lives of Nigerians in and around the Lagos-Ogun axis.
They even did this as recently as last week.
Whether it is car accidents, building collapses, or fires, LASEMA has repeatedly done Nigeria proud.
When you make a distress call through the 767 and 112 toll-free lines, you can be assured that LASEMA will be there in minutes.
Instead of this Anthony Joshua incident being an example of Nigeria happening to you, yesterday’s event was a case of Nigeria working well for Anthony Joshua.
It should not be every time you run to social media to run down your country. Sometimes, instead of emoting, let us be rational people. Be proud of Nigeria and build her up. In so doing, you are actually building yourself.
Reno Omokri