Murdered Job-Seeker To Be Buried

The funeral arrangement for murdered Akwa Ibom job-seeker, Iniubong Ephraim Umoren has been announced.

The burial will take place on Friday, May 14th at her compound in Nung Ita Ikot Obio Enin Atai in Akwa Ibom.

The twenty-six year-old, who graduated from the Department of Philosophy, University of Uyo, with a CGPA of 4.12, was r*ped and brutally killed after a man lured her on social media with a fake job interview.

The wicked specie called “Uduak Frank Akpan” is an indigene of Nung Ikono Ufok but stays in Nung Ikono Obio, his father’s compound both in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria to destroy destiny and terminate lives of nursery school children, young girls, young men, Youth Corpers and even adults in the State. According to his confession, he said that he started this business since 2015. What was his business, he was into luring job seekers, taking young girls home for fun and kidnapping children which he eventually killed them, takes their sensitive parts and buried them in shallow graves and later exhumed and take their bones for ritual purposes.

Our investigation revealed that the reason why he buried his victims in shallow graves is to enable him take bones out of their decayed body. To succeed on this, he poured acid on whosoever he killed so that the body will decay very fast. In the course of our investigation, we discovered rubbers filled with acid and other human belongings in the compound. We also learnt that Uduak Frank Akpan main aim on people he killed was for “bones” and for ritual purposes. This was gathered during Interactions with people at the scene of the incident.

According to the villagers who spoke strictly on condition of anonymity, said that they are surprised to know that this was the kind of business the young man was into the community. When asked why people in the entire village don't not know about his movement and his kind of business, they said that they can’t believe what has happened to be true, looking at the way Uduak Akpan behaved in the community. They said that he is a very humble and easy going gentleman who doesn’t have problem with the people in the community. They also said he doesn’t stay in the compound, he only comes around. According to them, whenever he is around, he on switches his generator on that is when they know that he is around. They also classify him as someone who doesn’t have time to mingle anyhow with people, and that he only mind his own business.

A young man who did not want his name mentioned too said that he normally see him with friends in his Toyota Highlander and that sometimes he brings in girls, some will run out of the compound. He said that one night a girl ran out of the compound naked and he Uduak ran after her. According to him, when they approached him to know exactly what happened, he demanded that they should forget about that it is boyfriend and girlfriend issue they were having fun inside.

Anonymous speaker said that the girl insisted that instead of her to go back to the compound, she preferred to follow them home. He also pleaded that the community should not be totally blamed on the atrocity of Uduak Akpan because they did not know what he was doing all these time.

While going around the compound, we were able to discover over fifty (50) shallow graves in the compound. Late Miss Iniubong Ephraim Umoren grave was among newly buried and exhumed graves in the compound. Items also found were over hundreds of female, male and children clothes. Youth Corper's uniforms, children textbooks, rubbers of acid, University of Uyo (UNIUYO) student’s workbook, baptismal certificate and many other items.

Here, we came to understand why issue of missing persons was becoming alarming day by day in the State. On several occasions, we have heard how people went for interview and they are nowhere to be found. This is what job swindlers are doing in the State. They keep on posting fake employment notifications everyway in the State just to lure job seekers. Take note, if you are young lady and are in habit of following men with exotic cars you do not know, think otherwise.

As earlier said, this issue requires serious attention. It is common sense that this young man is not the only one in this business. We can’t just believe that after taking all these human parts he will go straight to market and sell them. They have co-partners in this business. All of them must be fetched out.