MISS Subair Enitan, a 200-level student of Linguistics and African Languages at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, early midnight on Monday completed 58 hours of hand wash-a-thon.
She ended the event at exactly 12:05 am yesterday, with an extra eight hours against the fifty-hour set duration.
This is in a bid to set a record for the longest hand cloth washing by an individual after applying to the Guinness World Record for the task last June.
She began the quest on Friday afternoon at the Student Union Building Motor Park inside the university campus with thousands of students rallying around her.
Various students artist and University officials also paid solidarity visit to the task pavilion to cheer her to victory.
The management of the school led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Professor Abayomi Daramola visited Enitan in solidarity and appreciation of her heroic feat.
Enitan was immediately taken in the School Ambulance to the institution’s clinic for a medical check.
But before then, she told her admirers that she felt like giving up on many occasions but was encouraged by the presence of her mother and friends in the crowd of supporters.
However, she expressed happiness and fulfilment that she was able to complete the task.
She said she was fulfilled to have completed the task right in front of her mother, Omogbolabo Afolake, who was at the venue for over two days.
“I am very fulfilled to have completed the task right in front of my mum, friends and colleagues who thronged this venue to show love and support my ambition”, she said.
Meanwhile, the Faculty of Arts Students Association of OAU has sent a congratulatory message to Miss Subair Enitan and urged all students to come out en mass to celebrate her.
Eighteen-Eleven Media