Nigerian Man Bayode Olawunmi Reads Non Stop For 120 Hours, Breaks Guinness World Records

Meet The New Guinness World Records Holder In The Longest Marathon Reading Aloud Category

A Nigerian identified as Olawunmi Bayode has made history as the new Guinness Record holder.

38-year-old Bayode, a married father of 3 broke the previous record set by Nepali Deepak Bajagain after reading for 120 hours.

The previous record of 113 hours and 15 minutes set by Deepak in 2008 was broken Mr Bayode at exactly 3:30pm on Saturday the 3rd of March 2018 at YouRead Library  in Yaba Lagos.

Mr Bayode embarked on the history making journey on Monday the 26th of February 2018 at 1:30pm and ended yesterday at 3:30pm.

The graduate of Osun State Polytechnic in Iree was born in Ikorodu Lagos.

Here is how he announced his accomplishment on the social media yesterday:

Kudos to him.