Arase in a
handshake with LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, says the Police
will work with the League Management Company and other institutions of the
football industry to ensure adequate security at football events to consolidate
on the reforms, which has seen a rise in attendance at league games.
Arase said this while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria
Football Federation, the LMC and the Nigerian Nation Wide League led by LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko, in his office on
Thursday.
Arase said: “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 me can work with you to device an approach that will bring
a fresh breathe of air to the security management of the games.”
He was responding to a request by Dikko, which sought the
support of the Police high command in creating a special police squad for match
day policing and promised that henceforth, Mounted Troops will be part of
stadium security on match days as soon as the finer details are worked out.
According to Dikko: “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 further agreed to collaborate on capacity
building for officers through training in crowd management using FIFA model for
which the IGP said he would appoint a Liaison Officer to work with the LMC on
the modalities.
He said his office will also be contacting representatives of
the Metropolitan Police in the country for further enrichment of the training
programme.
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