UK-based Cab Driver Admits he Continues to Receive a Civil Servant Salary From Nigeria.

As a junior officer at a government institution, a can driver based in the UK who left Nigeria two years ago still receives monthly pay from the Nigerian government.

In order to conceal his identity, Sabitu Adams, who is currently employed as a cab driver in the UK, had his name altered following a BBC article.

In Nigeria, the cab driver has not yet submitted his resignation.

Adams is one of the hundreds of phantom employees in the civil service of Nigeria.

The government conducts biometric verifications every year and makes public the quantity of phantom employees it has found as well as the money that has been saved. However, no one's arrest or prosecution for the swindle is ever disclosed.

President Bola Tinubu ordered last week that any government employees who received salary after moving overseas be required to repay the funds.

In addition, Tinubu mandated that the department heads and supervisors of the offenders face consequences for their complicity in the fraud during their tenure.

Adams told the BBC that he makes more money in the UK as a cab driver, therefore he was not concerned about the president's orders.

Says the 36-year-old: "When I heard about the president’s directive, I smiled because I know I am doing better here – and not worried."

In the event that he decides to return to his employment after a few years, the taxi driver stated he did not resign.

Adams was cited as adding that he had a deal with his "relative" boss in Nigeria.