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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