Uduak Akpan, Suspected Killer Of Job Seeker, Umoren, Pleads Guilty To Murder



Uduak Akpan, the suspected killer of job seeker has confessed to killing Iniobong Umoren.  Akpan pleaded guilty on Monday during his arraignment at the State High Court in Uyo

Akpan, who was arraigned alongside his father, pleaded guilty to murder but pleaded not guilty to the rape charges

News of Iniobong Umoren as missing started on Twitter by a friend, with username @UmohUduak1, who had initiated the search for her missing friend on April 29. A few days later, news of Umoren’s death was confirmed by the same user.

At the time, police announced that they had arrested two suspects believed to have played a role in the disappearance of Umoren.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command further confirmed that it arrested Uduak Akpan, disclosing that the suspect lured the victim to his house under the pretext of having a job for her.

The command said the suspect raped the victim in his house and killed her,  interring her remains in a shallow grave in his father’s compound.

Murdered Akwa Ibom Job-Seeker, Ini Umoren To Be Buried On Friday

Akpan had recounted his tale during a press conference in May, narrating how he lured, attempted to rape the deceased and eventually murdered Ms Umoren using blunt trauma force after she had tried to defend herself.

Umoren had announced on Twitter on April 27 that she was in need of a job. She had posted through her Twitter handle, @HinyHumoren.

Umoren was confirmed dead on April 30 and buried on Friday at her hometown, Nung Ita, Ikot Essien in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Her killing shook the country and drew attention to the state of joblessness in the country given the fact that the fresh graduate was seeking a job opportunity until she was gruesomely murdered.

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