Son Arrested After Taboo Relationship With Mother Results In Three Children

A Beninese man was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, for allegedly having a carnal relationship with his mother.

The command’s spokesman, Mr. Babawale Afolabi said the accused, identified as Adamu Sabi Sime, from the Mosme Had area of Kaima had been having an affair with his mother, Fati Sime for a long time.

The taboo relationship had resulted in three children, according to authorities.

Afolabi said that an investigation was launched into the matter after receiving multiple reports from the community about the ‘forbidden’ relationship between the mother and her son.

"Men from the intelligence unit and NSCDC operatives in Kaima swung into action and the outcome of the investigations established the fact that Fati has three children for her biological son," Afolabi said in a statement.

A detailed probe revealed that the younger brother of the accused was also maintaining a sexual relationship with the mother, authorities confirmed.

The woman’s younger son was now at large.

"On Sept. 9, the District Head of Mosne Had Community, Kaima, Malam Bandede, reported the forbidden act committed by Sime and his mother Fati Sime of the same community," Afolabi said.

"Men from the Intelligence Unit, NSCDC in Kaima, swung into action and the outcome of the investigations established the fact that the mother (Fati) had birthed three children for her biological son," he stated.

Afolabi said that the investigation also revealed that the mother and her two sons were illegal immigrants as they did not have the necessary papers to stay in Nigeria.

Following the investigation, the mother and son had been handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service, for background checks and further probe.

Experts said that incest between mother and son which psychologists call the ‘Jocasta Complexis’ is extremely rare.

The occurrence is named after Jocasta, a Greek queen who unwittingly married her son, Oedipus.

The Jocasta complex is similar to the Oedipus complex, in which a child develops a sexual desire towards their parent.