The trial of the alleged killer of the job seeker, Iniubong Ephraim Umoren, will begin at Akwa Ibom High Court 6 in Uyo, the state capital on Monday, July 26.
Uduak Frank Akpan was alleged to have gruesomely murdered Iniubong, a final-year student of the Department of Philosophy, University of Uyo, from Oruk Anam Local Government Area of the state in Nung Ikot Ufok, Uruan Local Government Area.
A statement by the media unit of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice signed by the information officer in the ministry, Effiong Edet, says the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Essien Udom (SAN), will be the lead counsel for the prosecution team.
It added that the police investigating team had exhumed the deceased’s remains, which was buried in a shallow grave, showing her mouth was gagged and the neck strangulated and squeezed, eyeballs bulging and tongue popping out, all allegedly pointing irresistibly to one direction- murder.
According to the statement, the police had since concluded investigations and sent the case file to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
But DPP could not swing into action immediately because of the recently suspended industrial action embarked upon by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
