A Nigerian man called Babajide Isreal Adebanjo has achieved Guinness World Records (GWR) glory.

Adebanjo went on an unusual adventure twerking for close to four hours during the New Year (January 14, 2024). He performed in Lagos, Nigeria.

According to an official statement on the GWR website, Adebanjo twerked, primarily "to get out of his comfort zone" and secondarily "to raise awareness for anyone suffering from depression all around the world".

| Babajide Isreal Adebanjo holding his Guinness World Records certificate for the longest duration of twerking 

The message of Adebanjo's 3 hour 30 minute twerking was "no record is too crazy, too big, too great or too little to achieve. There is always space for everyone and their unique attributes".

| Babajide Isreal Adebanjo during his Guinness World Records twerking performance

See the official statement from the London-based Guinness World Records on the longest twerking performance below:

Twerking is a sexually suggestive dance mostly done by women, involving assuming a squatting posture, hip thrusting and wiggling of butt-cheeks.

The previous GWR title holder was Austria's Elena Sofie Sterlini (2 hours 1 minute, January 2021).

| GWR/X (January 5, 2021): Elena Sofie Sterlini in twerking action