Murder in Uyo: Who Killed Hiny Umoren? By David Hundeyin
On Friday April 29, a 26 year-old lady set out around 1PM to attend a job interview in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Having recently completed her university program despite losing both parents, she was looking for a way to support herself before being called up for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.
Instead of a job interview and hope for the future however, what she would actually encounter on that day would become one of the most shocking stories to ever emerge from Nigeria.
Iniobong “Hiny” Umoren became the subject of a desperate nationwide search led by Nigerian Twitter users after her friend Umoh Uduak put out an urgent appeal. She was eventually found, but unfortunately the worst had already happened. The police would later confirm that she was found dead, having been raped, murdered and then buried in a shallow grave.
214941: University of Uyo students in a procession for Ini-Ubong
Chilling revelations and growing outrage have trailed the tragic death of IniUbong Umoren, a job seeker lured to a purported job interview by an alleged serial rapist. Yinka Olatunbosun reports.
Ini-Ubong Umoren, 26, a philosophy graduate from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom needed a job so badly. She had been marketing skin care products while awaiting her letter of deployment to proceed for the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corp Programme. Her friend, Umoh Uduak had just moved to Lagos earlier that week to start a job. After making a post on Twitter seeking for a job, she was reached by a stranger who would later invite her for an interview. On Thursday April 29, while chatting with Uduak, Ini-Ubong revealed why she didn’t want to go for the interview.
There are allegations that Akpan belongs to a syndicate and probably has the backing of influential people.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 06, 2021
Nigerians are demanding a nationally televised court trial of Uduak Frank Akpan, a prime suspect in the abduction and murder of slain Akwa Ibom job-seeker, Iniubong Umoren.
A petition on change.org has been created to this effect. The petition was started by Faith Ogochukwu to the Akwa Ibom State Government and the Ministry of Justice.
The petition details read, “This is a collective demand for public, televised trial of the suspected rapist and murderer Uduak Frank Akpan, his father, his cousin, girlfriend and whoever has been alleged to be involved in the luring, kidnapping, rape and eventual murder of Iniubong Umoren.
Umoren: Protest Rocks Akwa Ibom As Women In Black Attire Demand Justice For Rape Victims
She was allegedly invited by a young man, Frank Ezekiel Akpan, suspected to have kidnapped her as she could not be reached on her mobile line.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 05, 2021
Women in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday organised a solidarity walk demanding justice for Iniubong Umoren, a young woman who was killed while job-hunting in Uyo, the state capital.
The women were seen in black attire moving en masse to the government house, seeking justice for Umoren and other women who have been victims of gender-based violence.
VIDEO: Friend of murdered Akwa Ibom job seeker says police demanded hired van, fuel before investigation By Stephen Kenechukwu 136 Views
Umoh Uduak, a friend to Iniubong Umoren, the Akwa Ibom job seeker who was raped and killed, says police operatives had demanded that a van be hired and fueled before an investigation started.
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Umoren was
declared dead on Sunday, two days after going missing at which time the family had raised an alarm.
The Akwa Ibom state police had thereafter apprehended one Uduak Frank Akpan (20) for “kidnapping, countlessly raping, and then killing the victim”. The suspected killer was also said to have first buried the deceased in a shallow grave and fled.