In order to strengthen its activities in the North,  the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the deployment of 230 of its personnel from commands in Lagos, Ogun and Rivers to the North East commands.

The deployment was contained in a circular issued on Thursday by Mr Austen Warikoru, the Deputy-Comptroller General (DCG), Human Resources Department.

Warikoru said that the affected officers would be deployed to `Zone D’ comprising Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Adamawa and Gombe.

He said that the officers were drawn from the Seme,Tin-Can, Apapa, Ogun and Onne commands.

The DCG said that the deployment was a routine exercise intended to strengthen the operations of the service nationwide.