A Nigerian Olawunmi Treasures Bayode has set a new Guinness Record in the “ Longest Marathon Reading Aloud ” Category.
Bayode, a father of three children, logged 120 hours at 3: 30 pm today at the YouRead Library Yaba in Lagos , beating the previous record set by Nepali Deepak Sharma Bajagain.
The latter had 113 hours 15 minutes in 2008 .
Another Nepalese , Tudikhel Ground tied the record.
Bajagain ’s book reading began on September 19 and ended on September 24, 2008 .
He recited 17 different books from 13 authors during his record attempt.
Bayode began reading at 1:30 pm on Monday , February 26, 2018 and ended 3: 30 pm on Saturday .
He announced the record on his Facebook page , saying:
“ Hello everybody , something just happened right now! My name is Bayode Treasures Olubunmi( Olawunmi) – I have just finished reading aloud for 120 hours non - stop!
I did it for the CULTURE !”.
Bayode studied at Osun State Polytechnic , Iree and Comprehensive High School, Ketu in Lagos .
“ I have always loved to read good materials right from when I was in secondary school . I am doing this for the youths, ” he wrote on Twitter before he began the record-setting reading marathon .
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