Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Armayau Bichi, a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, on kickback and bribery charges involving N19.7 million.

EFCC arraigned Mr Bichi alongside two co-defendants, Lawal Mani and Aliyu Jari, before the Katsina State High Court in Katsina on Thursday.

They were arraigned on five countsto which they pleaded not guilty.

According to a statement by the anti-corruption agency, Mr Bichi received the bribes from his university's contractors through his two co-defendants, while he was in office as vice chancellor.

In one of the charges, the EFCC alleged that in 2023, Mr Bichi, received a bribe of N5 million from "Theophilus Ilech...