By Moses Okorie
365Daily – The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 20 year old male, Uduak Frank Akpan, for kidnapping, raping and murdering one Miss Iniobong Umoren.
Miss Umoren was declared missing by her friend, who appealed to Nigerians via Twitter, to help find her friend who had gone for a job interview at Airport Road, Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital but could not be reached.
This sparked a frenzy on Twitter as Nigerians deployed their investigative skills to locate her. They successfully used his digital footprints to locate and track her abductors.
Unfortunately, she was found and declared dead on Sunday, May 2, 2021. She was reportedly an orphan.
According to a statement signed by the Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon, the Command received a report on the disappearance of the victim.
“Following available leads, men of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command, led by CSP Inengiye Igosi, consolidated on the initial great progress made by the DPO Uruan, SP Samuel Ezeugo and arrested the perpetrator who confessed to have lured his victim to his house in the guise of giving her a job, but ended up sexually and physically assaulting her which led to her death.
“To cover his tracks, he dragged and buried her in a shallow grave in his father’s compound.”
The deceased has been exhumed and deposited at UUTH for autopsy.
“The suspect confessed to have told his Local Government Chairman of his atrocity before escaping to Calabar and was never at anytime handed over to the Police by anyone.
“Suspect is a confessed serial rapist who has owned up to the raping of other victims. He will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation,” MacDon said.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Amienghene Andrew, has called on youths and job seekers to be wary of the activities of scammers and other men of the underworld.
While appreciating the efforts of the social media family and other fighters of injustice, he condoled with the family and friends of the deceased.