Uduak Akpan

Justice Bassey Nkanang on Thursday sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniubong Umoren.

Late Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, (UNIUYO) was raped, murdered and buried in a shallow grave by a suspected serial rapist and killer, Uduak-Abasi Akpan, in April 2021. She was job hunting while awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, was killed on April 2021.

Justice Bassey Nkanang convicted Akpan for the rape and murder of Umoren. Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, was killed on April 2021. She was ...

“At that point, I grabbed the stabilizer and hit her, trying to make her submit peacefully. “When I met her, I asked her whether she would like to work in a hard drug farm and she agreed,” Akpan said. “When we got to the house, I asked her for sex and she agreed and insisted I use condom.

After the judge read out the judgement, the convicted rapist attempted to escape from the courtroom, but was overpowered...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. But Ama Okeke, a call data analyst with the SSS, who testified before the court, presented a video recording of Mr Akpan’s interview session which countered his claims. The Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State, Uko Udom, who led the prosecution team, told reporters, “For a capital offence, an accused person pleading guilty is neither here nor there. On Mr Frank and Ms Bassey-awan, Mr Adulla had urged the court to discharge and acquit them because there was no evidence before the court that the duo knew that Mr Akpan was being accused of murder. In his testimony before the court to justify his son’s innocence, Frank Akpan, the father of the convict, told the court his son had a mental disorder and was an outpatient at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. He told the court that he had a “fever” the day he pleaded guilty and that it was the influence of his “IPO in the court” that made him plead guilty.

There was confusion in Ibom State High Court in Uyo on Thursday as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of an Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren,

Uduak allegedly killed Iniobong, a Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, while she was on a job hunt in April 2021. In a judgment that lasted over two ...

The outcry on the social media spurred the police to action, and Uduak Akpan was arrested in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, for the suspected kidnap, rape and murder of the job seeker. Uduak allegedly killed Iniobong, a Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, while she was on a job hunt in April 2021. A HIGH Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Uduak Akpan, the first accused person in the murder of Iniubong Umoren, to death by hanging.

Justice Bassey Nkanang of the Akwa Ibom State High Court on Thursday sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniubong Umoren.

But Ama Okeke, a call data analyst with the DSS, who testified before the court, presented a video recording of Mr Akpan’s interview session which countered his claims. In his testimony before the court to justify his son’s innocence, Frank Akpan, the father of the convict, told the court his son had a mental disorder and was an outpatient at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. “For a capital offence, an accused person pleading guilty is neither here nor there. She was job hunting while awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Apart from his confessional statements to the police and the DSS, the convict told reporters how he lured and killed the victim while he was paraded at the police headquarters in Uyo. He told the court that he had a fever the day he pleaded guilty and that it was the influence of his Investigating Police Office that made him plead guilty.

Justice Bassey Ukanang found Mr Akpan guilty on two counts charge of rape and murder.

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. Mr Akpan later recanted his knowledge of Ms Umoren in court after initially confessing to the crime in February. The Uyo Division of the Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced Uduak Frank Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of job seeker Iniobong Umoren.