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Nigerian saxophonist Adekeye Gbemileke Samuel, popularly known as G-Effect, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest saxophone marathon and is now pushing for 40 hours, his team said on Thursday.
The marathon began at 10 am on Wednesday at the Q Airport Hotel Olumo Hall in Ikeja and was scheduled to run until 10 am on Thursday. The previous world record stood at 33 hours.
“So as you can see, he has about over 3 hours to go before he officially surpasses that record,” News Central TV reporter Kate Adeogun said from the scene.
“Of course, we need to get the official information by the Guinness World Record, which is not going to be anytime soon anyway.”
Project manager Michael Ademile expressed excitement as the attempt neared its climax.
“Well, this is absolutely ecstatic. I’m excited that we’ve gotten to almost the climax of this event and it’s been a great hurdle to cross,” Ademile told News Central TV.
“There’s the bubbling of the pressure, breaking the current record and then right now, raising another record, a global record in the GWR.”
“It’s just a couple of hours to achieving that result.”
Ademile spoke about the challenges faced during the preparation for the record attempt.
“I must say that it wasn’t the best of time for us because of a lot of factors: finance, getting the right resource people and also the energy required to actually have this was fast,” he said.
“But I can say that one thing that kept us going is the tenacity. We didn’t give up. It was a very tough terrain but we didn’t give up.”
He credited family, friends and well-wishers for their support.
“One of the things that we relied on was the people that came around us, that surrounded us, family and friends. We can’t have gone this far without God and the family and friends that we have from all walks of life.”
G-Effect is attempting to reach 40 hours to ensure the record is secured even after official verification by Guinness World Records. The verification process is expected to take some time, his team said.
