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The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, dismissed the charges after receiving a letter from the police disclosing their intention to withdraw the case.

The plea of Lazarus, who is facing a two-count charge of sexual assault and rape, was not taken because of the nature of the offences.

The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, who ordered the remand, said that the case file be duplicated and forwarded to the State Director of Public Prosecutions as the defendant ought to be arraigned in a high court.

The prosecutor, Kehinde Omisakin, told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 16 at 5pm in Mushin, Lagos.

The Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the accused should be kept in police custody pending her bail application.

Akpan, of 39, Hassan Ogunmola Street, Ijaiye, a suburb of Lagos State, is facing a three-count charge bordering on rape

Elias said: “However, the fact that the defendant has made arrangements for the treatment of the complainants is a mitigating factor in this sentence