Ekiti govt threatens kiss-a-thon promoters with 3-year jail term

The warning came as the government banned the event, scheduled to take place at Fajuyi Memorial Park in Ado Ekiti from July 7, 2023, to July 10.

A group known as Sugartee had circulated leaflets across the state, to create awareness for the planned three-day (72-hour) kissing event, saying the kiss-a-thon was “an attempt to break the GWR for the longest kissing marathon.

But, in a prohibition notice issued and signed by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dayo Apata, the government said proprietors or owners of any facility used to host such an event in the state would face potential imprisonment.