Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria found its way into the Guinness World records by producing the largest choral group in the world.
Liz Smith, the Guinness World Records adjudicator made the announcement in Guinness World Record Headquarters, London, United Kingdom. Guinness World Records officially certified this record broken by the unity choir, a 25,272 man-choral group, in a concert in the Uyo Township Stadium on Saturday, December 13, 2014 and pasted it on its website : www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
The record consigned to the history books the former record of 15,674 carol singers, which was achieved the previous year (December 15, 2013), by a group known as CENTI in Bogota, Columbia.
The Akwa Ibom unity choir sang a medley of The First Noel, Joy to the World, O Christmas Tree, Hark the Herald the Angels Sing, Once in Royal David’s City and O Come All Ye Faithful in an electrifying rendition which lasted more than twenty minutes.
