The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it has prohibited its officers on patrol from making use of private (unbranded Customs) vehicles as well as camp boys to carry out patrol services.
This was stated in circular dated 24th December 2019 with the number EII/2019/CIRCULAR/NO.39, signed by Augustine Chidi, deputy comptroller general in charge of Enforcement, Inspection and Investigation, stated the CGC has been informed that private vehicles and camp boys were still being used on patrol by officers and men on patrol.
The circular, titled ‘Prohibition of the Use of Private Vehicles and Camp Boys by Patrol Team’, which was sighted by BusinessDay, stated it was important to remind all controllers especially those in the border commands and Comptrollers of Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Special Task Force (STF) Commanders and Sector Commanders of Border Drills that any team found to be using private vehicles or camp boys, will be visited with serous sanctions.
Chidi also advised all concerned to ensure compliance to the above given instructions.
