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.
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.
As the case gained more attention on social media, the police stated that the deceased had been exhumed and deposited at UUTH (University of Uyo Teaching Hospital) for autopsy while the investigation continued.
But in an interview with TVC, Umoh, who can be seen shedding
tears, recounted how the victim had kept her abreast of her movements as she
herself proceeded from Akwa Ibom to Lagos, where she was told to resume work on
May 3.
Umoh said Ini’s sister had gone to the police station to
report the case when she informed her of the development.
She said the family was told by the police that it hadn’t
been up to 24 hours since she disappeared, prompting Ini’s sister to return
home.
“When she went back at 8:30 am (the next day), the police
told her they couldn’t go with their van, that she has to hire a van and buy
fuel. I called people and they sent money which she got and returned to the
station,” she said.
“They said they were investigating and we heard nothing. I
sent the number to people who checked with Truecaller and found it belonged to
Ezekiel Akpan. People went through her Twitter and saw the post she made
seeking a job.”
Akpan was said to have promised the deceased a job, fixed an
appointment with her in Uyo where she would meet her death.
Umoh revealed that a previous victim (Miriam) reached out to
her following Ini’s death to reveal how “Akpan had similarly invited her only
to drug, rape, photograph, and blackmail her with threats of posting her nudes
online.”
She added that Miriam sent the address where the incident
occurred, which was forwarded to the police, at which time Akpan’s father was
arrested. Akpan would later report himself to the police.
“A girl named Maryam said she was in that position with the
same guy who chatted her for a job offer,” Umoh said.
“She said, when she got there, the guy drugged her, gave her
weed, raped her, took pictures of her saying if she reported the case, they are
going to post it online. She said they used it to blackmail her for money.
“She gave me the
address and it was there they arrested the father before he took himself to the
station. The sister (of the deceased) had been told that Umoren was raped
countless times. She later said Umoren had been killed.
“This is not a case of her going missing. Everyone knew
where she went. She sent the address to her sister. She also sent the number of
the caller (Akpan) to her sister. We got his picture. The father admitted it
was his son.
“People were coming out to give their statement that he has
been doing the same thing to other people. So why did the police delay as of
two days ago to tell us she had been killed. We don’t know when exactly she was
killed.”
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