9th IGP Open taekwondo championship begins today in Lagos
The Nigerian Police Taekwondo Association (NIPOTA), announced yesterday that the 9th edition of Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Open Taekwondo Championship, will commence today at the Nigeria Police Badminton Complex, Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State. NIPOTA Chairperson, Mrs Stella Ebikefe, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and Taekwondo Gold Medalist for the Nigerian Police, who disclosed […]
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba
The Nigerian Police Taekwondo Association (NIPOTA), announced yesterday that the 9th edition of Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Open Taekwondo Championship, will commence today at the Nigeria Police Badminton Complex, Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State.
NIPOTA Chairperson, Mrs Stella Ebikefe, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and Taekwondo Gold Medalist for the Nigerian Police, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, explained that children and teens will compete on Wednesday.
Ebikefe noted adults will also compete on Thursday and Friday which is the final day of the competition.
She said “Except for the special guests, athletes and officials, there will be no spectators. The events will create an avenue for both the Police Force and the society to come together as one in a happy mood, confirming the proof that Police Officers are friends of the society.
“Apart from the competitiveness of the event where winners will emerge and be rewarded, it will also serve as an art of self-defence, encouraging recreation and exercise to boost health and body fitness.
“This will surely give credibility to the host state and help to douse any wrong impression on its relationship with the Nigeria Police Force.”
The 9th IGP Open Championship is supported by the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, World Taekwondo and the Nigeria Police Force.
Taekwondo is a combat sport developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean Martial artists with experience in martial arts such as Karate, Chinese arts and indigenous Korean Martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon and so on.