The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has directed the launch of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and other Vices (POCACOV) in Edo State.
A statement by the National Coordinator, POCACOV, Ebere Amaraizu said the campaign is aimed to mitigate the high incidence of cultism and other vices in the state.
”It has to go in line with the tenets of community-oriented policing and galvanizing public support. The programme must seek to cut off the supply line and to achieve community peace building”, he said.
Amaraizu, who expressed the displeasure of the IGP at the high incidence of youth involvement in cultism and other vices, said, ”we want all and sundry to join the Nigeria Police Force in the Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices through POCACOV. The Youths should Say ‘No’ to cultism and other vices, for a safe and secured society.”
He explained that POCACOV is the initiative of the Nigeria Police Force under IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, which aimed at saving Nigerian children and youths from the claws of cultism and other vices, using a combination of advocacy, awareness, creation, mentoring and re-orientation.
Amaraizu said that the programme is community-driven, involving different stakeholders, in line with the tenets of community-oriented Policing.
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