How Lady Was Raped, Killed By Fake Employer In Akwa Ibom — Police

Police authorities in Akwa Ibom have confirmed the killing of a young lady, Iniobong Umoren while seeking employment in the state.

In a statement on Sunday, Odiko MacDon noted that one Uduak Frank Akpan has been arrested by operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command in connection with the incident.

He stated that the 20-year-old suspect was apprehended for kidnapping, raping, and murdering Miss Umoren.

MacDon, a Superintendent of Police, explained that the command received a report on the disappearance of the victim three days after the tweet was posted.

He added that operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command later arrested the perpetrator following available leads.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the team led by a Chief Superintendent of Police, Inengiye IGOSI, consolidated on the initial progress made by the Divisional Police Officer in Uruan, Samuel Ezeugo.

He noted Akpan confessed to having lured Umoren 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,” said MacDon who explained that the body of the victim has been exhumed and deposited at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) for autopsy.

The increase of rape cases these days is just shocking. This week alone we have had about 3 rape cases in the news and it's just so sad. The saddest part of this news is the fact that he raped her and killed her. Like why would he be so heartless to do that? With these cases being brought up, women just feel less safe in society than they already do and this is because anything could happen to them.

What shocks me most of the time about people especially Nigerians that respond to these cases is that most of the time they end up blaming the victim by making comments like “she wore a mini skirt, what else would you have expected to happen” or “ she wore really tight clothes”. These comments are just heartbreaking because it just seems like they end up supporting the rapist and people like this are called ‘Rape apologists’. Honestly, I really hope that the girl is given justice.