Akwa Ibom: Alleged Killer Of Umoren Pleads Not Guilty
Uduak Frank Akpan, the alleged killer of Iniubong Umoren in Akwa Ibom State, has pleaded not guilty to the charges made against him. Information Guide Nigeria
Akpan is being charged over the murder of Umoren, whom he allegedly lured and promised a job offer but later raped and murdered her.
The father of the suspect and his sister, Frank Akpan and Anwan Bassey Akpan also pleaded not guilty to the charge of accessory before the fact and obstructing arrest. Naija News reports.
This is coming after the chairman of the Uruan local government area, Surveyor Iniobong Ekpeyong, and one Kufre Effiong who was given witness summons appeared and gave evidence in court.
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Ekpeyong while sharing his evidence before the court disclosed how he helped the arrest of Akpan who is also his cousin. jamb results
The Local Government Chairman further said that he knew about the case of Umoren when his attention was caught to a social media post that the father of the suspect had been arrested by the police.
Ekpeyong disclosed that he reached out to one of his cousins, Kufre Effiong, and the DPO of Uruan LGA who converged at his Ewet Housing residence where Akpan admitted to killing the lady.
Justice Bassey Nkanang who adjourned the case to Monday, November 15, 2021, pledged to give a speedy hearing with a view to passing judgment before Easter, 2022.
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