Anthony Joshua Storms Nigeria, Gets National Identity Number From NIMC
LAGOS FEBRUAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has been issued with his National Identification Number (NIN) slip after visiting the office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Tuesday.
The heavyweight boxing champion posted pictures of his visit to the commission after his enrollment which further underlined how proud he is to be a Nigerian.
@nimc_ngAnthony Joshua @anthonyfjoshua enrolls for the National Identification Number and issued his NIN slip,” the tweet read.
The post did not state where the boxer was issued his slip.
Only last month, January 18 to be precise, Joshua presented his belts to President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) while on a visit to London.
The Pugilist who reclaimed his titles from Mexican boxer Andy Ruiz jnr in December last year in Saudi Arabia proudly flashed the belts to the admiration of the President and some members of the cabinet, members of the diplomatic corps and Head of the Diaspora Commission Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
Joshua was equally reported to have visited Sagamu, Ogun State which is believed to be his native land. Joshua on arrival on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the palace of Akarigbo of Remo.
The boxer’s father’s family name is very popular in Ijokun, Sagamu.
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.
A hall was also built in memory of Joshua’s great grandfather, Omo-Oba Daniel Adebambo Joshua.
Joshua was born in Watford in 1989 to a Nigerian woman, Yeta Odusanya, and a British man of Nigerian and Irish descent, Robert.
Reports say he spent some of his early years in Nigeria and was a boarding school student at Mayflower School in Ikenne.
Joshua was said to have returned to the United Kingdom at age 12.
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