The convict was sentenced to death by hanging.

Court sentences Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for murdering Iniubong Umoren. (Legit)

Uduak Akpan, the first suspect in the murder of Iniubong Umoren, a job seeker from Akwa Ibom, was sentenced to death by hanging.

Akpan was sentenced to death by Trial Judge Justice Bassey Nkanang on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at the Akwa Ibom State Supreme Court.

According to Punch, Akpan attempted to flee shortly after the verdict was announced, but was stopped by police officers.

He was sentenced to death by hanging and life imprisonment on two charges of murder and rape.

Details later…