LAGOS POLICE SENSITISE AJAO ESTATE STUDENTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE, CULTISM, VIOLENCE

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

The Lagos State Police Command has sensitised students in Ajao Estate, Lagos, against drug abuse, cultism and violence, while distributing 6,000 exercise books to support their education.

The programme, organised by the Ajao Estate Police Division on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, was held at the Ajao Estate Senior Secondary School Field under the theme, “Building a Drug-Free and Violence-Free Generation: Protecting Our Children from Social Vices.”

It brought together students from Ajao Estate Senior and Junior Secondary Schools and Ajao Estate Primary School, alongside representatives of security agencies, community leaders, school administrators and other stakeholders.

In her welcome address, the Divisional Police Officer, Ajao Estate Division, CSP Agba Anna, stressed the need for sustained engagement with young people to protect them from social vices, including drug abuse, sexual abuse, violence and cultism.

The Command’s Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) Coordinator, SP Olivia Ugochukwu, also educated the students on the dangers of cultism and urged them to make responsible choices in their friendships.

Similarly, the Chairman of the Ajao Estate Community Development Association, Mr Lakan Ogunyemi, encouraged the students to embrace discipline and peaceful conflict resolution, stressing that bullying and intimidation were not solutions to disagreements.

A total of 6,000 exercise books was distributed to the students as part of the initiative, which combined crime prevention awareness with support for educational development.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, represented by the Commander, Area D, Mushin, ACP Bamidele Awoniyi, commended the Ajao Estate Division and its partners for organising the programme.

He reaffirmed the command’s commitment to preventive policing and community-based initiatives aimed at promoting the safety and positive development of young people.

Awoniyi also urged stakeholders to sustain such partnerships to raise a generation free from drug abuse, cultism, violence and other social vices.