LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- 16-year-old Vincent Okezie, a secondary school student, also a Guinness World Records holder (GWR), is displeased that Nigerians failed to celebrate him as they did for Hilda Baci, the Nigerian chef who recently achieved a new GWR for the longest cook-a-thon (93 hours, 11 minutes).
The aspiring footballer who started the feat on 11 March, 2022, won the GWR for the most consecutive passes (129) of a football between the head and soles while balancing on the back of a person. He achieved the feat alongside two other people.
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Okezie went ahead, the same day, to win another GWR alone, which made him become the holder of the most consecutive backwards handsprings (10) with a football (soccer ball) between the legs.
About five months later, precisely on 20 August 2022, Master Okezie also won two extra GWRs: The most over and underpasses (40) of a football with feet touching in one minute and the most transfers (9) of footballs spun on the finger in 30 seconds. The last feat, the fourth in one year, was achieved alongside one other person.
One year later, precisely on 3 March, Master Okezie won his fifth GWR to become the current holder of the most football (soccer) ‘around the world’ tricks (71) with arms linked. Again, he achieved the feat alongside one other person.
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The GWR holder, also an apprentice at a mechanic workshop in the State, combines the apprenticeship with his schooling.
In an interview with Premium Times, Okezie disclosed that he feels “not recognized” unlike women that are usually recognized in Nigeria.
“Not that I was angry, but I feel somehow. I feel like my country has rejected me. Also, I feel not recognised. I asked myself if it were only women that are usually recognised in Nigeria because even though other boys won Guinness World Records in my academy, nobody celebrated them or recognised them,” the record holder said.