A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday discharged a case against internet influencer James Brown and 46 other men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex.
Justice Rilwan Aikawa said he was dismissing the case because of the “lack of diligent prosecution”.
The trial was widely seen as a test case for a law introduced in 2014 that bans same-sex “amorous relationships”.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan signed the law banning gay marriage. The law carries a jail term of up to 14 years.
But the specific charge the men faced, relating to public displays of affection, carries a 10-year prison sentence.
Brown and the others were arrested in a police raid on a Lagos hotel in Egbeda in 2018 and paraded at the Police Command in Ikeja.
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