Ogun POCACOV Partners Global Citizens NG to Tackle Cultism Through Youth Leadership Summit
The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), Ogun State Command, partnered with Global Citizens NG to organize a leadership summit for 180 senior secondary school students from six schools in Ifo, Ogun State.
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Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) and Global Citizens NG educated 180 secondary school students in Ogun State on leadership, crime prevention, anti-cultism, mental health, and substance abuse awareness.
The high-impact outreach was held at the Star Diamond School Hall in Ifo, Ogun State, unified students, parents, school management teams, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts to reinforce a rely-intervention “Catch Them Young” methodology.
Speaking at the event, the Coordinator of POCACOVA, of the state Command, ASP Oluborode Opeyemi, highlighted that the initiative directly combats the dangers of cultism, substance abuse and deceptive gang recruit, met tactics, Aligning with the summits theme, “Personal Leadership and its Role in Building a safe and secure society.”
Oluborode urged the youth to take absolute control of their life choices, thoughts, and actions, warning that a lack of self-leadership leaves them vulnerable to negative external influences.
The outreach was further bolstered by the keynote speaker, Dr. Julius Omission, who addressed global leadership fundamentals, alongside mental health advocate, Mrs. Florence Freddy and scholar Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, who both delivered anchored sessions on psychological resilience and character development.
During an interactive session, educators and parents were charged to establish early-intervention monitoring system to identify and guide vulnerable behavioural patterns.
The summit concluded with a pledge by the students to reject criminality and act as peer evangelists, actively driving positive transformation and safety within their schools and immediate communities.
