2nd Edition of Police Games To Host 5,000 Cops

The second edition of the Nigeria Police Games holding in Port Harcourt will be featuring from all formations in the Nigeria Police Force totalling about 5,000 policemen.

The Secretary Technical and Chairman Police Taekwondo Association, ACP Gideon Akinsola who made the information known to newsmen also disclosed that the organising  committee has earmarked 28 games, including three non-scoring sports as the number of events that will be competed for and the Police Games Commission is headed by Commissioner of Police Abimbola Macaulay.

Akinsola said that the games were designed to identify talented sportsmen in the police force, promote esprit de corps as well as encourage members of the force to keep fit at all the times.

The event will kick-off February 24th and will be taking place at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt.

The Last edition of the games was held in Lagos at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in 2011.

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