NFF Congratulates ACP Akinsola

The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gideon Olusegun Akinsola, on his appointment by the Inspector General of Police. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, as the Chairman of the Sports Committee of the Nigeria Police Force.
On Tuesday, Abubakar appointed Akinsola as the head of a five-man Sports Committee to arrest the decline in sports excellence within the Nigeria Police, with a mandate to carry out a number of reforms.

“We are delighted by the appointment because ACP Akinsola has been around for some time now and has worked very hard each time in coordinating security arrangements for all football-related programmes in the country,” said NFF President, Aminu Maigari.
A tireless, dutiful and conscientious officer and gentleman, Akinsola, 53, has attended several security-related courses, seminars and workshops within Nigeria and overseas, and is the FIFA Security Officer in Nigeria.
He is also the Chief Security Officer of the Senior National Team, the Super Eagles.
He has also coordinated security arrangements for several international matches and tournaments staged within Nigeria over the last decade.
Maigari wrote: “This appointment is a testimony to the confidence reposed in this Officer by the new leadership of Nigeria Police Force, to the effect that he has performed excellently in various sporting undertakings in the past, and of his outstanding leadership qualities and competence, intelligence and diligence.
“As a Federation, which ACP Akinsola has served so well over the years as FIFA Security Officer in Nigeria and Chief of Security for our Senior National Team, Super Eagles, we can proclaim that he is an energetic, dutiful and responsible Officer and gentleman, and our prayer is that the Almighty God will continue to give him the energy, wisdom and capacity to justify the confidence that you have reposed in his person.”