Nigeria, June 25 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, his former Senior Special Adviser, Jimi Lawal, and five companies over alleged corruption and money laundering linked to an N8.68 billion CCTV surveillance contract.

The defendants were arraigned before trial judge Hauwa'u Buhari of the Federal High Court in Kaduna on 111 amended charges filed by the anti-corruption agency.

The ICPC filed the charges in April against Mr El-Rufai, who is facing prosecution the agency in other corruption cases.

According to a statement on Thursday by the ICPC's Head of Media and Public Communications, John Odey, Mr El-Rufai is the first de...