Frank Uduak-Abasi Akpan, also known as Ezekiel Uduak Akpan,[1] is a Nigerian from Uyo in Akwa Ibom State who was found guilty of kidnapping Iniubong Umoren,[2] known as Hiny Humorenon Twitter.
Uduak Akpan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frank Uduak Akpan 2001 |
| Conviction(s) | Kidnapping, Rape and Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death by Hanging |
Uduak-Abasi Akpan was found guilty on 4 August 2022 by the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo of killing jobseeker Iniubong Umoren.[3]
Conviction
editJustice Bassey Nkanang, the trial judge, also gave Akpan a life sentence for rape in his ruling. After the court ruling, Akpan attempted to run out of the court but the security personnel on the scene stepped in to stop him.[4]
In his ruling on 4 August 2022, the judge, Bassey Nkanang, stated that the convicted man will be hanged to death. [5]
Mr. Akpan was given a life sentence after Mr. Nkanang found him guilty of rape. The prosecutor[who?], according to the judge, has established beyond a reasonable doubt Mr. Akpan's guilt of both rape and murder.[6]
However, he released and exonerated Mr. Akpan's father and sister, the second and third defendants in the case.[7]
Umoren, a University of Uyo philosophy graduate, died in April 2021. While awaiting mobilization for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, she was looking for a job.[8]
Iniubong Umoren, a philosophy graduate from the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), was murdered, raped, and buried in a small grave in April 2021 by Uduak-Abasi Akpan, a man accused of having committed other rapes.[9]
With the promise of a job, Uduak-Abasi Akpan allegedly persuaded his 26-year-old victim to visit his family's home in Nung Ikono Obio village in the Uruan local government region where he raped, killed, and buried her in a shallow grave.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Umoren's murder: Uduak Akpan bags death sentence by hanging". Guardian. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Iniubong Umoren: Violent crimes in Nigeria indictment on parents – Akwa Ibom AG". Premium Times. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Suspect sentenced to death for A'Ibom jobseeker's murder". Punch. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Rapist, murderer of Akwa Ibom job seeker to die by hanging- Court". Premium Times. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Umoren's rape, murder: Court sentences Uduak-Abasi to death by hanging". Vanguard. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Rapist, murderer of Akwa Ibom job seeker to die by hanging- Court". Premium Times. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "BREAKING: Killer Of A'Ibom Jobseeker, Uduak Akpan, Sentenced To Death". Leadership. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Court Sentences Uduak Akpan To Death By Hanging For Killing Iniubong Umoren". Channels TV. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "BREAKING: Court sentences job seeker Umoren's murderer to death". Thenation. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Iniubong Umoren: Uduak Akpan sentenced to death by hanging for murder of job seeker". BBC. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.