The Akwa Ibom state police command, has arrested 20 year old Uduak Akpan as a suspect in the rape and murder of Miss Iniobong Umoren known now known as the Akwa Ibom job seeker.
The story broke when Uduak Umoh, a friend of the victim, began using the #hinnyumoren to announce that her friend had gone for an interview and was now in trouble and needed help.
Miss Uduak who tweeted under the username ‘happiness activist’, raised the alarm that her friend had gone for an interview at airport road and has since not returned. The victim is said to have called out when she found out that she had been tricked but was killed before help came.
A signed statement from the police spoke person Odiko Macdon, says the arrest was made by men of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command.
According to the statement, the suspect confessed to luring his victim to his house under the guise of giving her a job but instead, allegedly sexually and physically assaulted her. The suspect also confessed to burying the body in his father’s compound.
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