A 32-year-old man, Mr. Terkura Iorpuu, was on
Thursday arraigned before a chief magistrate’s court in Makurdi, the Benue
state capital, for raping and infecting two young girls with HIV.
According to PUNCH Metro, the two victims, aged eight and six, were
the daughters of his lover, Mrs. Mson Tor. Both the rapist and the mother of
the two minors had been HIV positive for over a year and had been using
anti-retroviral drugs.
It was learnt that the bubble burst after the
kids started walking in an unusual manner and were subsequently taken to Hemko
Hospital, Makurdi for medical examination.
After the test, it was discovered that the girls
had been defiled through “forceful penetration”.
Medical examination also showed that the two
sisters were HIV positive.
The victims, when interviewed, revealed that it
was their mother’s boyfriend that raped them.
The magistrate, Lilian Tsumba, adjourned till
December 4 for further mentioning and ordered that the accused be remanded in
prison.
Source: Punch.
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