Lady jobseeker was strangled with jeans trousers, says DSS

By BASSEY ANTHONY, Uyo

An operative of Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Ama Okeke said yesterday that killer of the late Iniubong Umoren, a jobseeker, strangled her with jeans trousers.

One Uduak-Abasi Akpan is facing trial for Umoren’s murder.

Okeke, the 10th prosecution witness (PW10), was giving evidence before a court in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

Umoren was reportedly raped and killed on April 2021.

Okeke told the court that a police team interrogating the suspect recorded his statement, in which he admitted to raping Umoren and later striking her in the abdomen with a stabiliser.

The DSS operative quoted Akpan as saying he stuffed the lady’s mouth with a piece of cloth to muffle her shouts before strangling her with a pair of jeans trousers.

Justice Bassey Nkanang adjourned the case till February 15. (The Nation)