Tag: Iniubong Umoren

  • BREAKING: Uduak Frank Akpan sentenced to death by hanging for gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren

    BREAKING: Uduak Frank Akpan sentenced to death by hanging for gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren

    Uduak Frank Akpan has been sentenced to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Akpan was sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Bassey Nkanang of the Akwa Ibom State High Court on Thursday.

    Late Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo (UNIUYO) was raped, murdered and buried in a shallow grave by Akpan in April 2021.

    Akpan lured the victim, who was 26 years old, to his family residence at Nung Ikono Obio village in Uruan local government area with a job offer.

    The body was later exhumed from the shallow grave by the Police team, who were guided by the prime suspect, described as a serial rapist.

    TNG reports the remains of Umoren had been laid to rest.

     

    Details shortly…

  • MURDER OF JOB SEEKER: Father of Uduak Akpan claims his son is schizophrenic

    MURDER OF JOB SEEKER: Father of Uduak Akpan claims his son is schizophrenic

    Frank Akpan, the father of the first accused, Uduak Frank Akpan, in the alleged murder of a University of Uyo graduate and job seeker, Ms Iniubong Umoren, has informed an Uyo High Court that his son is schizophrenic and an outpatient of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.

     

    The father also said he was neither aware of late Umoren’s murder nor that her body was exhumed in his compound in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

     

    Mr. Frank Akpan, a retired Civil Servant and second accused person was giving evidence in his defence before the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang.

     

    His evidence is coming a few days after his son, Uduak Frank Akpan, the first accused person, denied knowing the late Iniubong Umoren nor having raped her or any other woman since he was born.

     

    He explained that on the day the said incident occurred, he was in the house of his secondary school classmate at Uko Eshiet Street, Uyo and only returned home at about 7pm, to be told by his son that there was an undisclosed medical emergency for which he advised him to hold on till the next morning.

     

    The accused person said his son then came back and told him that he was travelling to Calabar before he heard a knock on the gate of his house by Policemen from Uruan Divisional Headquarters who later told him that they were in search of a missing lady.

     

    He said he conducted the Police around his house and thereafter, was taken to the Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Uyo, where he was detained, until his son was arrested and himself freed from Police custody.

     

    Concerning the text message he allegedly sent to his daughter’s phone stating “He was using a flying boat, he should not be talking about dying, but escaping” the accused person admitted that he sent the text but that he was not referring it to his son’s escape.

     

    Mr. Frank Akpan is standing trial for being an accessory to murder, while his son, Uduak is charged with murder and rape and his daughter, Bassey Anwan charged for harbouring her brother in her residence in Calabar in a bid to assist him to escape justice.

     

    Justice Nkanang adjourned the case to the 10th and 11th of May, 2022, for the continuation of defence by the third accused person (Mr. Frank Akpan’s daughter)

  • Why I lured, killed job seeking UNIUYO graduate – 20-year-old Uduak Akpan speaks

    Why I lured, killed job seeking UNIUYO graduate – 20-year-old Uduak Akpan speaks

    Uduak Frank Akpan has confessed he killed Miss Iniubong Umoren, a philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state to avenge for how ladies have been duping and dumping him.

    Akpan disclosed he has lured and raped six ladies with fake job offers but denied killing any of them apart from Umoren.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the suspect, who looked very calm and unperturbed, spotted a polo T-shirt with the inscription ‘Mudder Squad’ when he was paraded with his father, Mr. Frank Akpan, at the Akwa Ibom Police Command headquarters, Ikot Akpabia , Uyo, on Friday.

    The 20-year-old 200 level student of public administration of Obong University, Obong Ntak, said things turned sour when he demanded sex from Umoren, who agreed but insisted he must use a condom.

    “What happened was that she came for the supposed job interview. I decided to use a reverse psychology on her. I told her whether she can work in a farm that hard drugs are kept as a secretary.

    “She said that she was ready to work. When she came, I told her this farm doesn’t exist’ that it was just a hoax.

    “I told her that before we could even start I would like to have sex with her and she agreed but she gave a condition that I should use a condom which I agreed.

    “While I removed the condom, she became furious and picked the nearby stabiliser to hit me on my head. She bit my left ring finger and tried to reach for the door, screaming.

    “While I was bleeding, in a bid to stop her, I used the stabiliser she also used to hit her. And when I hit her she fell there after she died,” he stated.

    According to him, his father was not around and never assisted him in any way to either kill or bury remains of the deceased.

    Asked why she invited the lady to his house when there was no job offer, the suspect said: “Initially, I used reversed psychology on her. I have had very bad experiences with runs girls and prostitutes.

    “I asked whether she can work in a farm that hard drugs are kept and she accepted. She even told me she took marijuana and cocaine.

    “I felt that that was the best way to revenge for the runs girls and prostitutes. I used to patronise prostitutes but now I don’t.

    “I am not happy about what has happened. But the Commissioner of Police has assured Akwa Ibomites and the entire world that justice will take its course.”

    His father, Frank Akpan, a retired Director in the Federal Ministry of Lands, said he didn’t know about the crime until police invited him.

    On the fact his son admitted to taking advantage of six girls in the compound, the father said: “I’m not aware of that. The reason is that we just relocated from Abuja. I have not been around for 30 years.

    “We have been living outside. We just relocated because I have been retired. It is not even up to two years since we came back.”

    He denied ever being in the business of selling human parts as alleged.

    Asked to comment on the kind of justice he expects in the case, Akpan stuttered: “I’m not happy about what my child had done. I don’t even believe this can happen to me after I had sent them to school, tried to bring them up. Yea, justice can be done if the system so permits.”

  • JUST IN: Gov Udom Emmanuel breaks silence on murder of job seeker in Uyo

    JUST IN: Gov Udom Emmanuel breaks silence on murder of job seeker in Uyo

    Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State on Monday decried the murder of a job seeker, Miss Iniubong Umoren, in the state last Thursday.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Iniubong was allegedly murdered by one Uduak Akpan, who offered the deceased prospects of a job.

    Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong, said in a statement issued in Uyo that the governor also commended the police for arresting Akpan and urged that justice be done accordingly.

    “The Akwa Ibom state government is deeply saddened by the news of the demise of Miss Umoren, who was said to have been abducted, raped, assaulted and eventually murdered by Akpan.

    “This news, which was conveyed by the police, is heart wrenching and most disturbing, considering the ages of the persons involved.

    “The governor, while thanking the police for the arrest and interrogation of the suspect, has communicated his desire for the full administration of justice to the culprit and all persons involved.

    “This is the least that will be acceptable.

    “We condemn in totality the gruesome acts that led to the loss of the life of an innocent young woman whose sincere desire was to earn a decent living.

    “Our state must remain a safe location for all peace-loving and law-abiding citizens at all times,’’ Ememobong stated.

    He commiserated with the deceased family and prayed God to comfort its members.

    Akpan reportedly invited Iniubong to a job interview last Thursday, but abused her sexually and physically.

    Police spokesman in Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, said in a statement issued on Sunday that the suspect murdered the job seeker and buried her in a shadow grave.