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Written by Peter Duru
Thursday, 29 January 2009
MAKURDI—A police sergeant Mr. James Ngole serving with the Benue State Police Command has been arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court for raping a female detainee while still in the detention of the police.
Prosecution told the court that on the 18th of January 2009, one Jennifer Omonye of Awe Street at the Wurukum area of Makurdi town reported that the police on patrol arrested and detained her at the police headquarters in Makurdi.

According to the prosecution, on sighting the female detainee the accused ordered the police cell guard to detain her in a special cell rather than the general female detention cell.

And at the cover of darkness he went in and took advantage of the detainee by forcefully having sexual intercourse with her without the young woman’s consent.

Meanwhile at the first mention of the case no plea was taken for want of jurisdiction, however prosecution intimated the court that investigations into the matter was still ongoing and asked the court for another date for the commencement of the trial proper.

Ruling on the matter the trail Senior Magistrate Mr. Austin Terkuma adjourned the case to the 4th of February, 2009 while he ordered the accused sergeant to be remanded in prison custody.

Vanguard recalls that some days back a female detainee at the Benue State Police Headquarters has raised an alarm alleging that a police sergeant serving at the state command had capitalized on power outage to forcefully have sex with her promising to get her out of the police net.

Her allegation prompted the authorities to institute an in house trial of the suspect which has culminated in his trial at the open court.

Meanwhile the Police Public Relations Office PPRO Mr. Samuel Jinadu has confirmed that the police officer has already been relieved of his appointment with the Force given the magnitude of the misdemeanour.

another one? shameless people