A federal court in Abuja has struck out charges against Aminu Ogwuche, suspected to have been the mastermind of the Nyanya bomb attack in Abuja.
The two-count terrorism charges brought against Ogwuche was struck out by the court, for what the court called lack of diligent prosecution on the part of the police.
The suspect has been on trial for months for the attack in April 2014 that killed more than 70 people.
However, Ogwuche is to remain in the custody of the Directorate of State Security (DSS).
The Nigerian government had accused Ogwuche of being behind the attack. The government said that Ogwuche fled to Sudan after coordinating the attack.
He was later repatriated to Nigeria to face charges. [myad]
