Tunde Onakoya: List of Prominent Nigerian Who Gave Their Voices for Chess Grandmaster

The Guinnes World Record-making Nigerian chess grandmaster, Tunde Onakoya, has made his mark in the annals of history after playing the game for straight 60 hours. But Onakoya did not achieve this historic feat without massive support from home and abroad by his countrymen. Below is a list of well-known Nigerians who cheered the 29-year-old Lagos indigene on while he was snuggling it out with his opponents in a challenge that ended on Friday, April 19: Adekunle and Davido Adekunle and Davido surprised Onakoya after showing up at Times Square to rally behind him. Davido had organised a music concert at The Garden in New York City on Thursday, April 18. Omoleye Sowore On his part, Omoyele Sowore, activist and politician who has run for Nigeria’s presidency was at the venue and even supported Onakoya food packs from an African restaurant in New York. Tony Elumelu The UBA CEO, giving his support for Onakoya in a post on X, wrote: “Good luck on checkmating New York @Tunde_OD as you attempt…