The recently concluded Kano Shooting and Hunting Sports competition which was organized by the Kano Shooting and Hunting Sports Association have been described as a huge success for all the respective competitors and Team NDLEA Kano State command respectively.

Kano, Jigawa and Katsina are the only states that participated in the competition from the North-western part of the country, finishing with 480, 400 and 330 marks to occupy  first, second and third positions respectively.  

The NDLEA team under the leadership of the  command’s OC Sports in person of DSN Uba Jamilu Muhammad participated in a shooting sports competition which was organized by the Kano State Sports Commission in collaboration with the Shooting and Hunting Sports Association Kano chapter.

The competition, tagged ACP I.M Tinja, was a 2 Day Open Shooting Competition, which featured five categories: Male, Ladies, Youth, Para, and Paramilitary.

Team NDLEA which was the only uniform agency that took part, participated in the 10-15 meters Paramilitary shooting category, and their performance was not only impressive but superlative and commendable.

The command which registered five men but only got three qualified after a screening exercise in which SNA Imran Hudu won Gold after finishing first.

ASN1 Sulaiman Umar came second to clinched Silver Medal while NASS1 Rufa’i Muhammad who finished third went back home with the Bronze medal.

All the participating officers from Team NDLEA received certificates of attendance.

Speaking after the competition, the OC Sports of NDLEA Team Kano, DSN Uba Jamilu Muhammad said that the event wasn’t just about winning medals; but it was also about building relationships with the Kano State Sports community.

“This partnership can significantly exhibit the contribution of  the command’s  efforts to combat drugs through sports,” the OC Sports concluded.

By Sani Yusif

I was at the production unit of the Triumph Publishing Company, Kano but my keen interest in sports journalism made me to be sports writer and maintained a sports column called (Sports Eye) after my mentor Sani Muhammad Zaria transferred his service to New Nigeria newspapers in Kaduna. And when the government closed the Triumph in 2012, I was transfered to lectured DTP in the Department of Printing Technology of Kano State Polytechnic. And now that I retired, i used to visit the institution weekends for part-time lecturing.