NIGERIAN LADY JOYCE IJEOMA COLLAPSE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST MASSAGE
By Adeniyi Onaara
Joyce Ijeoma, a Nigerian woman who set out to do a 72-hour body massage on people, has died.
Ijeoma collapsed during the attempt at the location in the Lagos State neighborhood of Lekki.
The masseur, who had worked a total of 50 hours, passed out in the early hours of Tuesday.
Ijeoma was not to return to the venue and had halted live coverage at the time of reporting this report.
Alastair Galpin established the previous record in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 2015.
Galpin presently holds the world record for the longest full-body massage, clocking in at 25 hours and 4 minutes.
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