NSC Decries Activities Of Hoodlums At National Stadium

The Lagos Liaison Officer, National Sports Commission (NSC), Taiwo Oreweme, has descried the vandalism of government property at the National Stadium by hoodlums who posed as sportsmen.

Oreweme told newsmen in Lagos that measures had been taken to beef up security at the stadium to apprehend those who engaged in the act.

She said that one of the measures taken was the engagement of a private security firm to collaborate with the taskforce constituted to flush out squatters and carryout surveillance at the stadium.

“The 10 security guards contracted recently are working hand-in-hand with our taskforce to stop the hoodlums who keep stealing government property in the stadium.

“We are no longer joking with security that is why we have decided to apprehend persons who lurk around the stadium and vandals who steal electricity cables and other items.”

“Evil men are vandalizing our property and carting them away, it is terrible,” Oreweme said.

The liaison officer said that the security guards had been positioned at strategic places to monitor activities around the complex.

According to her, electrical armoured cables are often dug up and carted away by these enemies of progress.

She advised genuine sportsmen to keep strictly to the areas and time designed for training, warning that anybody caught roaming about or found operating illegal activity would be arrested and prosecuted.

Training sessions in the stadium have been restricted to between 6.00a.m. and 10.00a.m. and 4.00p.m. and 8.00 p.m.