Uduak Umoh, the close friend to Iniubong Umoren, the murdered Akwa Ibom job seeker and the deceased elder sister, Ifiok Umoren, have given their testimonies at the ongoing trial of Uduak Akpan, the alleged killer.

Standing before Justice Bassey Nkanang at the state High Court, Umoh told the court that the deceased had on April 29, 2021, told her that she was going for a job interview in Uruan Local Government Area, but that she did not have a fare. DAILY POST reports.

She said she transferred the sum of N2,000 as fare to the supposed venue of the interview, advising her friend to send the name and the phone number of the person she was going to meet and put on the Google map on her phone which she did. Information Guide Nigeria

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The witness informed the court that she was communicating with her friend even at the time she arrived at the venue but was surprised when her friend suddenly sent a voice note to her screaming and the call ended immediately. jamb results

She further informed the court that at that point she became agitated and began to call her friend’s line but it was not answered adding that she quickly made a post on social media tagging the face of Uduak Akpan, the accused, whose picture she got from Facebook.

Umoh revealed that as soon as she made the post, that one Miriam Akpan made a comment that she was a victim of a scam job interview offered by the accused, Uduak Akpan. She said Miriam accused Akpan of raping her, taking her nude pictures, and seizing her android phone with the help of his sister who is the third accused in the case.

After giving her evidence, she was crossed examined and thereafter, the fourth prosecution witness and elder sister of the deceased, Ifiok Umoren in her own evidence, corroborated the testimony of the third prosecution witness.

Ifiok told the court that when she got the information, she made an official report to Uruan Divisional Police headquarters but was told to come back after 48 hours if they did not return home.

She said at the expiration of the 48 hours, on 1st May 2021, she went to the Anti Kidnapping Unit of Akwa Ibom State Police Command’s Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, she was told that Uduak Frank Akpan has confessed that he killed Iniubong Umoren and buried her in a shallow grave in his residence, Uruan.