For the First Time, 34 (wo)men of The Nigerian Police Represent Nigeria at World Police and Firearms Games - Ireland 2013

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, 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.