Nigeria, March 28 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Christiana Goka, a former Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over allegations of misappropriating public funds totalling N5.3 million.

According to a statement by the ICPC on Friday, Mrs Goka was brought before a the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kwali, Abuja, on five counts of misappropriation of funds and making false statements.

The statement said Mrs Goka, who previously served as the Head of the Department of Research Monitoring Information System at the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), allegedly misappropriated N5,164,656 from funds earmarked for a botched management ret...