POCACOV Sensitises 400 Police Children School Students on Right Choices

By Adebola Muili

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 and shunning cultism, drug abuse and other social vices.

The Command disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi.

The sensitisation programme, held on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, with the theme, “Right Choices, Great Future,” was aimed at promoting positive values and encouraging the students to make responsible decisions for a better future.

Speaking at the programme, a member of POCACOV, Henry Bassey, encouraged the students to be law-abiding and maintain open communication with their parents, teachers and other trusted adults, particularly when faced with threats or troubling experiences.

Also speaking, a mental health expert from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Hezekiah Akinlade, educated the students on the dangers of drug and substance abuse.

Akinlade urged the students to resist negative peer pressure and make healthy choices.

The POCACOV Coordinator, Lagos State, SP Olivia A. Ugochukwu, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, urged the students to remain focused on their education and choose their friends wisely.

Ugochukwu also advised them to respect their parents and teachers, obey the law and avoid behaviours capable of jeopardising their future.

She said the programme formed 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.