“Hilda Baci Had Publicity”: Nigerian Boy Who Broke 5 Guinness Records Speaks, Fixes Car in Mechanic Workshop

“Hilda Baci Had Publicity”: Nigerian Boy Who Broke 5 Guinness Records Speaks, Fixes Car in Mechanic Workshop

  • A Nigerian boy who broke Guinness World Records when he was 15 years old said that his feats did not get any publicity
  • Now a mechanic, Vincent spoke about the different tasks he did to achieve the records, which included passes
  • Nigerians who reacted to his video said Hilda Baci became popular with her record because she had a good publicity team

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A young Nigerian boy, Vincent Okezie, whose record-breaking story went viral after Hilda Baci's cooking feat, has spoken in an interview with Lucky Udu.

In a video, the boy spoke about the numerous achievements he had. One of them was the most amount of passes a person has made while on the back of another person.

Guinness World Records/Nigerian boy with football skills.
People said the boy never had publicity like Hilda. Photo source: @luckyudu
Source: UGC

Nigerian boy with 5 Guinness World Records

Vincent said it is sad that despite all his records, he did not get any celebration from Nigerians. He lamented having to resort to being a mechanic apprentice.

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Speaking further about Vincent, his manager said they did their best to publicise his achievement, but their resources were limited.

The manager, however, told Lucky Udu that the Anambra state government once gave two of his mentees who had records scholarships.

Watch the video below:

Those who reacted to the post noted that he did not have a good PR, which was why nobody celebrated him.

Below are some of the reactions:

Newworld Trust said:

"The boy face the tell me a different age."

Alayemoni said:

"Who give ham d award without nobody knowing."mmm

Cakes in Lagos/Fuoye said:

"He needed better PR, Hilda had the greatest team."

user2426449127089 said:

"LAGOS.... if you dont get it for get about it."

itzplenty said:

"I think say if u win this award u will b placed on life time salary until some one breaks the record."

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Peace said:

"Hmmm what is award if money is not involved."

Nuel said:

"PR is very important. I celebrate him but He didn’t get a good PR. Hilda did a lot of PR (not comparing). He didn’t get a lot of PR."

Nigerian chef Hilda Baci gets prayers from Celestial members

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that as famous Nigerian chef Hilda Baci embarked on her goal to break the world record for the longest hours spent cooking, people in Celestial white garments held a prayer session for her.

They assembled in front of her cooking station as they went deep into prayer. In a video shared by @the.chocolategod, the church people went on their knees with their hands stretched out.

Hilda Baci given free vacation offer

In similar news, Hilda was offered a mouthwatering trip to the Maldives. The company announced the offer on Twitter.

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A part of their statement read:

"We are thrilled to announce that @vestiofficial will be offering an all expense paid trip to the Maldives this summer, to the phenomenal @hildabaci..."

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