Popular media personality Daddy Freeze has stirred a major controversy by directly challenging the widespread belief that divine intervention saved heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua from a recent fatal car accident.
Freeze Questions the 'Miracle' Narrative
In a video posted to his Instagram account on December 29, 2025, Daddy Freeze expressed strong frustration with how many Nigerians were framing the boxer's survival. The accident, which involved Joshua, resulted in the tragic deaths of two of his friends.
The outspoken On-Air-Personality captioned his video "God Did Not Save Anthony Joshua," directly confronting the popular religious interpretation of the event. He pointedly asked why God would be credited for saving the celebrity while the other two victims lost their lives.
"One of the most annoying things I'm seeing regarding this Anthony Joshua incident is the narrative that God saved Anthony Joshua," Freeze said in the video. "The two people wey kpai, by fine boys, so kpai God abi? I'm asking you. Or na the devil kpai those ones?"
A Call for Accountability Over Spiritual Excuses
Daddy Freeze insisted that Nigerians must stop attributing such tragedies to spiritual forces and instead confront the tangible, systemic failures that plague the nation. He shifted focus to the concrete causes behind road accidents.
He listed several critical factors that likely contributed to the fatal crash:
- Overspeeding and reckless driving
- Poorly maintained and dangerous roads
- Carelessly parked trailers and vehicles
- A complete lack of efficient emergency response systems
"I think there's a point in our lives as human beings where we have to take accountability," Freeze argued. "Speed, bad roads, trailers parked carelessly, no ambulance service, no helicopters, no emergency response. God didn't save anybody and the devil didn't kpai anybody. S H I T happened because human beings failed to do what they were supposed to do."
He concluded his passionate plea by urging citizens to "leave gods and devils out of our failures and learn to take accountability."
Heated Reactions from Nigerians Online
Freeze's comments immediately reignited fierce debates across social media platforms. While some users acknowledged the validity of his points about infrastructure, many others accused him of being disrespectful and anti-God.
Instagram user @detutusgram commented, "You need to know God personally to know that God did save AJ!... Gods mercy saved @AJ!" Another user, @sylviasylvesteretoruomo, wrote, "This man obviously get problems with God. The level of pain he exhibits anytime God is being praised is scary."
User @bomzybomzy offered a practical perspective on Joshua's survival: "God did saved him. If he was sitting at the right hand side he would have gone. God forbid." Others, like @paeghan, questioned Freeze's approach: "Must everything warrant immediate ring light? Who should be taking accountability?"
The backlash highlighted the deep-seated religious sentiments in Nigeria, with many netizens interpreting Freeze's critique of a specific narrative as a direct attack on their faith.
This incident is not the first time Daddy Freeze has commented on national issues. He recently reacted to a US airstrike in Sokoto State on December 25, 2025, describing Nigeria's security situation as a "long-standing embarrassment" and questioning the need for foreign intervention to protect citizens.
