UYO — 2021 · Murder
Murder of Iniubong Umoren
Iniubong Umoren, a 26-year-old philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, went to meet a man who had offered her a job over social media while she was job-hunting in April 2021, and never returned. An appeal launched by her friends online quickly became a national story. Investigators found she had been taken to a family home in Uruan, killed and buried there. On 4 August 2022 the Akwa Ibom State High Court convicted the defendant of rape and murder, sentencing him to death and to life imprisonment; his father and sister were acquitted. The case triggered a strong public reaction against violence towards women in Nigeria.
- Date
- 2021
- Place
- Uruan, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Uyo, NG
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 5.0300, 7.9500 ↗
Timeline of Events
- April 2021Iniubong Umoren disappeared after going to a job interview.
- 2021A suspect was detained and her body was found at a house in Uruan.
- 4 August 2022The court convicted the defendant of rape and murder and sentenced him to death.
Sources
- Channels TV — Court sentences Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for killing Iniubong Umoren channelstv.com ↗
- The Guardian Nigeria — Court sentences Uduak Akpan to death for Iniubong Umoren murder guardian.ng ↗
- Wikipedia — Killing of Iniubong Umoren en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Channels Television
- The Guardian Nigeria
- Vanguard
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