POCACOV Lagos Command Sensitises Police Children School Students On Making Right Choices
By Trek Africa Newspaper
The Lagos State Police Command, through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), has sensitised about 400 students of the Police Children School, Ikeja, on the importance of making positive choices, responsible behaviour and staying away from cultism, drug abuse and other social vices. The programme, held on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, with the theme “Right Choices, Great Future,” was aimed at promoting positive values and empowering the students to make responsible decisions for a better future, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report.
Speaking at the programme, Mr. Henry Bassey, member of POCACOV, encouraged the students to be law-abiding and maintain open communication with their parents, teachers and trusted adults, particularly when faced with threats or troubling experiences. Dr. Hezekiah Akinlade, a mental health expert from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), also educated the students on the dangers of drug and substance abuse, while urging them to resist negative peer pressure and make healthy choices.
The POCACOV Coordinator, Lagos State, SP Olivia A. Ugochukwu, speaking on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, psc, mnips, urged the students to remain focused on their education, choose their friends wisely, respect their parents and teachers, obey the law and avoid behaviours capable of jeopardising their future. The programme forms part of the Lagos State Police Command’s preventive approach to combating cultism, drug abuse and other social vices through early engagement and positive value formation among young people.
SP ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, anipr, mipra, mnisma
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
LAGOS STATE COMMAND, IKEJA.
