A high court sitting in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of Iniobong Umoren, a graduate of philosophy, at the University of Uyo, The Cable reports.
According to BBC pidgin, Bassey Nkanang, the trial judge, gave the verdict, on Thursday.
Umoren was declared missing in May 2021 after leaving home to meet Akpan over a potential job offer in Akwa Ibom and was found dead days later.
Meanwhile, the culprit father, Frank Akpan and sister, Bassey Anwan have been discharged and acquitted.
The defendant, Uduak Frank Akpan confessed that, “I first used condom to have s3x with Iniubong Umoren and later removed the condom because I did not enjoy the s3x.
She became infuriated and I reached out to a stabilizer and a box iron and used it to hit her abdominal part and started to bled. I hit her again and she screamed. I used her jean trousers and strangled her and she became lifeless.”