Nigerian born British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua was pictured enrolling for his National Identity Card and this has spurred various reactions from Nigerians.
The National Identity Management Commission announced that Joshua enrolled for his National Identification Number through its twitter handle @nimc_ng:
Anthony Joshua @anthonyfjoshua enrolls for the National Identification Number and issued his NIN slip. pic.twitter.com/GS1osa6Rea
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) February 18, 2020
The World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, arrived at the palace of Akarigbo of Remo and met the Akarigbo and other chiefs in Sagamu around 1.15pm on Wednesday, according to The Punch.
Joshua is a British boxer of Nigerian descent. He was born in Watford to a Nigerian mother, Yeta Odusanya, and a British father of Nigerian and Irish descent, Robert, in 1989.
According to reports, Joshua spent some of his early years in Nigeria and was a boarding school student at Mayflower School in Ikenne, Ogun State.
He was said to return to the United Kingdom when he was 12 years old.
His father’s family name is popular in Ijokun, Sagamu area of Ogun State, The Punch reports.
The family owns a large expanse of land along Akarigbo Road, Cinema Street, part of which houses two banks, hospital, filling station and a large church, St. John Anglican, among others.
As a landmark, a hall was built in memory of Joshua’s great grandfather, Omo-Oba Daniel Adebambo Joshua.
His relatives say Joshua hails from a royal family in Ogun State.