by ‘Jola Sotubo

A Benue State man accused of raping his younger sister, while she was on her sick bed, has been taken before a Magistrate court in Makurdi, the state capital.

Jacob Jume was arraigned yesterday as the court heard that he had forcefully had incestual intercourse with his sister while she was admitted at a hospital in the Gwer West Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports, the 30-year-old victim was injected with a sedative and while she was partially incapacitated by the medication, her brother, Jacob, allegedly raped her.

Vanguard reports:

Jacob Jume was said to have taken advantage of his sick sister few minutes after the nurses and doctor on duty at the time had made their routine ward round and gone on break.

At the hearing of the matter, the Police Prosecutor, Inspector James Ingwe told the court that one Julius Aondona had reported to the police in Naka, Gwer West local government that the accused had forcefully taken advantage of his sister in a hospital.

”One Julius Aondona had few days ago reported to the Police in Naka that the accused, who was a staff of Tersoo clinic in Naka, had sexual intercourse with his sister who was a patient at the hospital after injecting her with a substance which made her loose consciousness.”

At the hearing, no plea was taken for want of jurisdiction; but in her ruling the presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Thereza Wergba ordered that the accused be remanded at the Makurdi prison.

She also adjourned the case to the 9th. of January 2014 for further mention and commencement of the trial.