••• Awaits Confirmation
Emmanuel Okikiola, a 22-year-old graduate of Ekiti State University, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest singing marathon as he awaits official confirmation.
Okikiola was chasing a record time of 105 hours set by Indian singer Sunil Waghmare of India in March 2012.
Emmanuel Okikiola still aims to extend his record and hit his 150-hour target.
As of 10:50 pm on Sunday, December 17, in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Okikola had already surpassed the 105-hour record, clocking 128 hours.
Okikiola said: “We are hitting 150 tomorrow by the special grace of God.” Okikiola targets record-extending 150-hour landmark.
Okikiola is chasing a record-extending 150-hour landmark to stand alone as the only person to have achieved such an incredible feat.
In the Guinness World Record attempt build-up, Okikiola said he wanted to make a mark by passing a message through music, noting that it was a veritable tool to pass a positive message.
He said: “This has motivated me, and I feel I have to bring it out. I have to do this to pass out so much information because with music you can pass out a lot of information to the country.”
Okikiola said that he is logistically and physically prepared to exceed the 150-hour milestone for the world record.
He explained that a previous attempt, lasting 62 hours, fell short due to complications with logistics and malfunctions in his gadgets. The microbiology graduate said: “I was able to do 62 hours.
But there was some logistics issue that I had. My camera broke down, and my time stopped.”
