*Represented by a contingent of twenty-eight (28) athletes and six (6)
officials.
*IGP charges contingent to be good ambassadors.
The
Nigeria Police Force will make its first appearance in the Biennial World
Police and Fire Games in the 2013 edition of the Games, being hosted in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. A 34-man contingent of the Force, made up of
twenty-eight (28) athletes and six (6) officials, led by the Force Planning
Committee Chairman, CP Abimbola Macaulay, departed the Murtala Mohammed
International Air Port, Lagos, yesterday, 30th July, 2013, for
Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Nigeria Police contingent will arrive Belfast
today, 31st July, 2013 and participate in the tournament that will
commence on 1st to 10th August, 2013.
The
biennial World Police and Fire Games is an athletic competition open to Police agencies
throughout the world. Athletes from Seventy (70) countries are expected at the 2013
Belfast Games, to compete in Sixty-six (66) sporting events, including
athletics, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Marshall arts like
wrestling, Judo, Taekwondo. The Nigeria Police contingent will feature in eight
(8) events, namely -- Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Golf, Judo,
Table-Tennis and Taekwondo.
In his
goodwill message to the contingent, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, charged
them to be good ambassadors of not just the Nigeria Police, but the entire
nation. He enjoined them to conduct themselves creditably throughout their stay
in Belfast, and further warned them to distance themselves from drugs, as any
athlete cut doping will be dealt with accordingly.
The IGP
in his address reminded the contingent that Nigeria Police athletes are not
strangers to international sporting events, as some of them have represented
Nigeria and made the country proud in similar Games like the Common wealth
Games, the All Africa Games, and even the Olympics. He challenged them to
improve on the record of their predecessors by winning more laurels. The IGP
assured the athletes of a befitting welfare package during the Games, adding
that impressive rewards would await those who would win medals for the Force
and the country.
The
contingent is expected back in the country on 14th August,
2013.
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