The Lagos State Police Command, through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), has sensitised about 400 students of 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 sensitisation programme, held on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, was themed, “Right Choices, Great Future,” and aimed at promoting positive values and empowering the students to make responsible decisions that would shape their future positively.
Speaking at the programme, a member of POCACOV, Henry Bassey, urged the students to be law-abiding and maintain open communication with their parents, teachers and other trusted adults, particularly when faced with threats, peer pressure or troubling experiences.
A mental health expert from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr. Hezekiah Akinlade, also educated the students on the dangers associated with drug and substance abuse.
Akinlade urged them to resist negative peer pressure and make healthy choices that would protect their physical and mental well-being.
In a statement, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said the POCACOV Coordinator in the state, SP Olivia A. Ugochukwu, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Tijani, 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 shun behaviours capable of jeopardising their future.
The programme, she said, formed part of the Lagos State Police Command’s preventive approach to combating cultism, drug abuse and other social vices through early engagement, awareness creation and positive value formation among young people.
