Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Obasi Sunday, a staff member of the Ebonyi State Accountant-General's Office, before the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, the stae capital, over alleged money laundering involving N61 million.

In a statement on Monday, ICPC spokesperson John Odey noted that Mr Obasi, a signatory to the Ebonyi State Government Shopping Mall Account with the United Bank for Africa (UBA), was arraigned on Thursday (19 February).

He appeared before a judge, H. I. O. Oshomah, on two counts filed by the ICPC.

The statement alleged that Mr Obasi withdrew a total of N61 million from a government account in August 2020 in structured tranches of N10 m...