Nigeria, Aug. 14 -- The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has struck out the N20 billion fraud case against former Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, after the federal government withdrew the charges in what is becoming a pattern under the President Bola Tinubu administration.

Delivering the ruling on Monday, the trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, granted the application for discontinuance, following a notice filed on 24 July by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, M.B. Abubakar, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu's administration.

The case had been billed as one of Nigeria's most significant corporate fraud trials, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alleg...