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A Divisional Police Officer at Ugborikoko Divisional Headquarters in Delta State, CSP Omosetemi Agbede-Zuokumor, has raised concerns over children accessing illicit drugs disguised as cupcakes and brownies through online deliveries.
Agbede-Zuokumor, while speaking on News Central TV’s Jasiri on Thursday, recounted a conversation with a teenage girl that revealed a hidden pattern of drug use.
The female police operative said a parent had approached her after becoming concerned that her daughter had become withdrawn and socially isolated.
“She doesn’t relate with anybody, she’s just in her own space,” the officer recalled the parent saying, adding that the woman had asked her to mentor the girl.
According to Agbede-Zuokumor, the girl eventually disclosed that she had been introduced to drugs but did not know the specific substances she was taking because they were presented as baked goods.
The officer said further questioning revealed that the girl did not personally purchase the substances.
Instead, they ordered them online and had them delivered to the family home.
More concerning, she said, was that the girl’s mother sometimes received the deliveries without knowing what they contained.
“Most times, the same mother that came to report to me, takes the delivery at the door of the house,” she said.
The officer said the mother would then inform her daughter that her “cake” had arrived, after which some of the girl’s friends would come to the house and consume the substance.
Agbede-Zuokumor said the incident demonstrated how drug use among young people could occur within homes without parents immediately recognising what was happening.
“We are the ones enabling without knowing,” she said, stressing that the incident was not necessarily isolated.
The police officer urged parents to pay closer attention to changes in their children’s behaviour and to create an environment where young people can speak openly about their experiences.
She also called for stronger community involvement, recalling a time when adults collectively took responsibility for correcting children who behaved improperly.
Agbede-Zuokumor said that the culture of collective responsibility had weakened, leaving communities less willing to intervene when they notice troubling behaviour.
She warned that the consequences of insecurity and crime eventually affect entire communities, not just individual households.
The officer also cautioned that addiction extends beyond illicit drugs, saying young people can become dependent on behaviours such as excessive phone use and exposure to negative online content.
She urged parents, communities and authorities to intervene early, saying prevention and guidance could help steer young people away from addiction and criminal behaviour.
CSP Omosetemi Agbede-Zuokumor, Divisional Police Officer at Ugborikoko Divisional Headquarters in Delta State, says parents should build relationships that help their children feel safe, loved and comfortable speaking openly with them.
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