Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to release to the Centre for Social Justice (CENSOJ) the details of the 80,115 ghost officers the police said were discovered recently across Nigeria.

The police had claimed it discovered the ghost officers in the course of implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in line with the directive of the federal government.

On March 21, 2018, the then Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, while presenting an updated report on the implementation of the IPPIS to the Federal Executive Council, confirmed the existence of 80,115 ghost police officers on the payroll of the federal government.

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