Nigeria, March 24 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai over allegations of inflated severance pays and years-long dollar-denominated cash deposits in his bank account.

The commission arraigned him before the Federal High Court in Kaduna on 10 money laundering charges.

The charges involve alleged inflated N579.7 severance pays and years-long fraudulent deposits totalling $817,900 into his domiciliary account.

Mr El-Rufai, who appeared in court in green agbada with a cap to match, was arraigned alongside a co-defendant Joel Adoga.

They both pleaded not guilty to the charges read to them on Tuesday.

In the charges filed on 18 Ma...