Nigerian comedian and actor, Woli Arole, has joined the current craze to break a Guinness World Record with his plan to set a new praying record.
He took to his Instagram page to announce his plan on Sunday, May 11. According to him, he wants to embark on a mission to pray for 5000 hours continuously to break the World Record for the longest praying time.
The 33-year-old comedian shared a flyer showing the details of the 208 days pray-a-thon with the caption,
“PRAY – A – THON…….
5000 hours……
It is doable….
Anticipate…..
Guinness Book of Record…”
In a follow-up post, he announced that the venue and date of the pray-a-thon is set.
“#PrayatonwithWoliArole…
This is beyond setting a RECORD.
This is to stir the heart of MEN to PRAY…
We PRAY until something Happens.
We are SET!!!!!!!…..”
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This has been met with mixed reactions online, with many sharing their thoughts on the newfound obsession of Nigerians to break a Guinness world record.
Read some comments below,
@kinky_vee wrote, “Lmao.. must be a joke. It’s now a trend everyone is jumping on. 5000hrs? I’m sure Asaba Nollywood is currently doing a movie on the GWR trend. Nigerians ehnn😂🤣”
@chy_wayers wrote, “I hope with all these trending jokes relating to GWR. The reputable organization may decide not to reckon with Nigerians going further because of how we ab*** privileges.”
@number_002 wrote, “They will soon disqualify Nigeria from participating in GWR. It’s all jokes and games till we understand it’s a respectable organizations you’re playing with. Smh”
@owambespicey wrote, “Feels like everyone is just trying to make a mockery of this GWR stuff….. well for me @hildabaci is the only valid person this year that will set any record…. Every other person is just joking.”
