Guinness World Records (GWR) has officially recognised a Nigerian man for completing the “world’s longest marathon reading aloud.”
The 27-year-old Samson Ajao broke the feat, clocking in at 215 hours— reading continuously for nearly nine full days. The World Records body confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The Ibadan-born, who read aloud for eight days and twenty-three hours, shattered the previous record of 124 hours set by Rysbai Isakov of Kyrgyzstan in 2022.
His achievement contributes to the growing list of Nigerians who have been setting records frequently over the past year, following in the footsteps of Hilda Baci, whose record-breaking cook-a-thon sparked a wave of similar feats.
Journey
The former student union president’s GWR journey began on 6 May, determined to set a world record and revive Nigeria’s declining reading culture.
Mr Ajao commenced his marathon reading session at the Adolak Hotel’s Conference Hall in Osogbo, Osun…