Meet Olawunmi Bayode, the Man who attempts to read Guinness World Record by reading aloud for 120 hours

A Nigerian, Olawunmi Bayode is currently attempting to break a Guinness World Record in the "Longest Marathon Reading Aloud" Category.

 

His reading is ongoing at the You Read Library, Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba where he'll attempt to set a new record in the category of ''The Longest Reading Marathon” (Read Aloud).

Bayode started the Read Aloud attempt on Monday February 26, 2017 at 1:30 pm at the Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba. He is attempting to read for 120 hours straight with only 2 hours break every 24 hours. He will be reading night and day.

The current record is held by Mr. Deepak Sharma Bajagain from Nepal. He read aloud for 113hrs 15min between Sept. 16th – 24th 2008.

 

Bayode commenced a trial session via live streaming on Monday 24th Oct at 3pm and ended Friday 28th Nov at 3pm 2017, totaling 96 hours of reading (he read 10 books).