Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar
Port Harcourt is already buzzing as 4,200 athletes and 500 officials
converge for the 10th Biennial Police Games starting today and running
till Saturday at three different sporting venues in the Garden City.
Deputy Force Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, confirmed yesterday that
the Inspector-General of Police, M.D Abubakar, has warned that very
severe disciplinary action will be meted against any athlete found
doping during the games.
The DFPRO said that the Nigeria Police Force not only feels very
strongly about doping by athletes, it also frowns seriously against all
forms of cheating, as the chief law enforcement agency in the country.
‘’For these reasons,’’ he said, ‘’adequate arrangements are already in
place to subject athletes to necessary tests, during the period of the
games.’’
He advised athletes to keep away all illicit performance enhancement
substances, as they stand the risk of dismissal from the force, if
caught.
Mba revealed that the athletes will be competing in 28 events, three of
which are non-scoring, at three different venues. These are the
Liberation Stadium which will also host both the Opening and Closing
ceremonies, the new Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium and the Agbani Darego
Sports Complex.
The 25 scoring events to be competed for at the games are athletics,
football, badminton, boxing, chess, cycling, baseball, golf, handball,
hockey, judo, karate, kick-boxing, swimming, scrabble, squash, table
tennis, shooting, taekwondo, tennis, tug-of-war, volleyball,
weightlifting, wrestling and wushu kunfu; while the remaining three
events which are non-scoring are rugby, polo and dart.
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