Uduakabasi Akpan, who was accused of killing Iniubong Umoren, a 26-year-old graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has pleaded guilty to the murder. Umoren was lured out of her home with a fake job interview, raped and killed in April in the outskirts of Uyo.
Her remains were buried in a shallow grave in Mr Akpan’s family house where the crime took place. Uduakabasi, who was arraigned yesterday alongside his father, Frank Akpan before a State High Court judge in Uyo, pleaded guilty to murder but denied raping his victim. Frank, arraigned on a one-count charge of accessory after the facts pleaded not guilty. Consequently, the presiding judge, Justice Bennett Illaumo, adjourned the case to August 18, 2021, for further hearing.