“No Go INEC Us Oh”: Guinness World Records Says It Has Not Confirmed Hilda Baci's Record, Gives Reason

“No Go INEC Us Oh”: Guinness World Records Says It Has Not Confirmed Hilda Baci's Record, Gives Reason

  • The Guinness World Records caused quite a stir on Twitter after revealing that Hilda Baci's record has not been officially confirmed
  • On Monday 15, 2023, Nigeria's chef Hilda Effiong Bassey shattered the longest cooking time record set by Lata Tondon in 2019
  • Many Nigerians besieged the Twitter page of GWR to demand they do the needful as they continued to root for the chef

It is not yet Uhuru for Nigeria's chef Hilda Effiong Bassey following an update from Guinness World Records as regards her achievement.

The 27-year-old who is currently trending on social media unofficially broke Lata Tondon's 2019 record by doing a cook-a-thon which lasted over 87 hours and 45 minutes.

Hilda Baci, Guinness World Records
GWR said Hilda Baci's record is not officially confirmed. Photo Credit: @GWR, Instagram/@mufasatundeednut
Source: Twitter

While many Nigerians and people from around the world congratulated Hilda on breaking the record, GWR has said it is not official.

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The international franchise which began in 1955 was responding to a netizen, @AlexanderDgreat on Twitter, who wondered why they weren't talking about Hilda's record.

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In a reply via their official Twitter handle, GWR stated that they are aware of Hilda's amazing record attempt but need to review all the evidence before officially confirming it as a record. GWR reply reads:

"We're aware of this amazing record attempt, we need to review all the evidence first before officially confirming a record."

See GWR's tweet below:

Reactions on social media

@jagganiyu said:

"I hope you won’t come up with a technicality to disqualify her."

@TheMahleek said:

"No go INEC us oh."

@BoyKlev said:

"Hope say una BVAS dey work well and also hope not YAKUBU be una investigator… make una no go INEC our record."

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@kayzywizzzy said:

"When Hilda finish cooking and you don’t drop correct updates on time, we cook you next on Twitter for 96hours."

@waleshadow said:

"That's understandable. We hope for the best!"

Moment Hilda Baci equalled and surpassed Lata Tondon's record

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Hilda had surpassed Tondon's record in style.

Influencer Tunde Ednut shared a video showing the emotional moment the 27-year-old sociology graduate equalled and broke Tondon's record.

The crowd erupted for joy, and applause rent the air as it was announced while an emotional Hilda held her palms together and said silent words.

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