The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised that his officers will coordinate with the League Management Company (LMC), to raise a special squad whose task will be to ensure adequate security at stadiums.
Arase was speaking with a delegation from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the LMC and the Nationwide League led by LMC chairman, Shehu Dikko.
“I am honoured receiving your team today because I am passionate about football and actually played football as an academical.
“This is why I have followed developments in the football industry and believe we can work with you to devise an approach that will bring a fresh breathe of air to the security management of the games,” the IGP said.
Dikko added that “we have over the years enjoyed the support and protection of the Police at our match venues. We have enjoyed incident-free situations at our venues after 190 games of the first stanza and we want to ensure that this continues hence we have come to request that special squads be created for crowd control on match days and also dedicate some officers to be attached to our Match Referees all through their stay for a match”.
The LMC and the IGP, also agreed to use FIFA’s model for capacity building for officers, through training in crowd management. .
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