13th October, 2024
By Mohammed Tijjani
The Federal Road Safety Corps won the para-military football tournament by defeating Nigeria Police by 2- 0 at the final match played on Saturday in Kaduna.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reported that the 10-day football tournament was organised by FRSC to celebrate the Corps Marshal’s 100 days in office.
NAN also reports that the para-military agencies that participated in the maiden edition of the tournament included the Nigeria Police, Federal Fire Service, NDLEA and EFCC.
Others were the Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian Immigration Service and the Federal Road Safety Corps.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) came 3rd position by defeating Nigeria Correctional Service by 3-0.
The Sector Commander, FRSC Kaduna Command, Kabir Nadabo, said, “In any game, there must be a winner and loser.
“The winning team has shown how committed it wanted to win the tournament.”
Nadabo said the tournament was also to foster more synergy among sister security agencies.
He assured that the tournament would be held every year.
Nadabo said, “I feel excited by winning the tournament. We are not just lucky for winning, we deserve to win.”
