Uduak Akpan, suspected killer of late female job seeker, Iniubong Umoren on Friday claimed he killed his victim in self-defence.
He spoke while being paraded by the Police at the State Command Headquarters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital. But his confession and the seeming VIP treatment given to him by police have triggered outrage on the social media once more.
Speaking with journalists, Akpan, who was paraded alongside his father did confess he killed Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy who went missing while attending a scam job interview he had syndicated.
Umoren was laid to rest in Uyo, Friday amid tears from family members, friends and a pack of mourners who paid their last respect to her.
Akpan said after Umoren had agreed to his job offer: “I told her that before she leaves, I would like to have sex with her and she agreed. But she gave a condition that I should use the condom which I did. While I removed the condom, she became furious and she took the nearby stabiliser to hit me on my head. And she hit my left finger and tried to reach for the door. So, while I was bleeding in a bid to stop her, I used the stabiliser to hit her, she started bleeding and that was how she died.”
After Akpan was quizzed further, he also claimed to have used pressing iron to hit Umoren as they were both engaged in a wrestle.
But angry reactions have accompanied his claims online:
See some reactions:
I’m struggling to understand why Uduak Akpan, a confessed serial rapist & murderer is holding a press conference clad in customized Tshirt & accusing his dead victim of attacking him first? What is the aim of this distasteful press conference? Which unfortunate person ordered it?
— Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè (@AyoBankole) May 14, 2021
Since when did @PoliceNG start parading murder suspects in any clothes, much more customized T shirts? Who printed it? Since when did serial murderers start accusing their dead victims of “agreeing” to have sex with them?Is this what the police got since they’ve been keeping him?
— Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè (@AyoBankole) May 14, 2021
Why is that Uduak Akpan guy fully clothed like he was at an album listening party? What’s with the preferential treatment? We were all here when Mr. Macaroni and others were stripped naked and taken to the cell for protesting peacefully.
— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) May 14, 2021
You all can see how Uduak Akpan, prime suspect of #Iniubong Umore #murder, is looking very clean even after being in police cell for days. Wait to see when a peaceful protester spends a day in police cell and see how he/she would look miserable. #JusticeForHinyUmoren pic.twitter.com/cW6Ev5pN3F
— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) May 14, 2021
The culprits in this case are trying to twist the story. What self-defence? You invited someone over to secretly kill her, she struggled for her life and you say you killed her in self-defence. I for don use slap faint this guy. I no fit see rubbish sha.
https://t.co/2cJqlC5F8h— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) May 14, 2021
