Police Insist Alleged Killer of Iniuobong Umoren Voluntarily Made Confessional Statement

A Police Officer attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department SCIID, Homicide section, Akwa Ibom State, ASP, Kanu Ekpezu has insisted that the alleged killer of Iniubong Umoren, Uduak Akpan made his confessional statement voluntarily.

According to DAILY POST, Kanu Ekpezu who appeared in Court as the 9th Prosecution Witness, (PW9) said this before the state High Court in Uyo.Information Guide Nigeria

Kanu Ekpezu insisted that Uduak Akpan made his statement in the Senior Police Officer’s office and not in an interrogation room as alleged.

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DAILY POST reports that Ekpezu told the Court that the Anti-kidnapping unit, Ikot Akpan Abia Uyo handed over Uduak Akpan, his father Mr. Frank Akpan, first and second accused persons respectively to the SCIID, and both wrote their statement by themselves and voluntarily.

Ekpezu said, “My Lord, the first accused person,(Uduak-Abasi Akpan) was handed over to me from the Anti-kidnapping unit Ikot Akpan Abia, on 2nd day of May 2021.

“I received him in the Snr. Police Officers) office. The first accused person made his statement by himself in the SPOs office voluntarily, and not in an interrogation room.

“I gave him my table and chair to sit and write his statement. I gave the first accused person a statement form and pen and asked him to write what happened and how late Iniubong Ephraim Umoren died in his house. I was not with a cane, nor with a machete, a gun, a stick, or an axe”.

However, Uduak Akpan’s Lawyer, Mr. Samson Adula raised an objection that his client did not sign the statement voluntarily.Jamb Result 

DAILY POST reports that due to this, Justice Nkanang ordered that a mini-trial be conducted by the court to determine its voluntariness.

According to DAILY POST, the first accused person Uduak Akpan denied writing the statement adding that he was just meeting ASP Kanu Ekpezu for the first time.

“When they brought that sheet of paper which I did not see, or know what was inside, they now asked me to sign it. In order to avoid further violence on myself, I signed it”

As reported by DAILY POST, when asked if he was blindfolded to sign the statement, he said:  “I was not blindfolded”.

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