Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo handling the gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren Tuesday heard another evidence from a pathologist that ”There were three openings on the forehead- two on the right hand side, one on the left.’’
Miss Umoren, a Philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo, was allegedly murdered by one Uduak Akpan in Nung Ikono Ufok in Uruan Local Government Area while she was on a job hunt.
The court presided by Justice Bassey Nkanang under post mortem heard the evidence adduced by Dr. Emeka Nwafor, Senior Consultant Pathologist in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo on the alleged murder of Miss Umoren.
“My Lord, I performed a post mortem examination on a body identified as Iniubong Umoren and these are my findings: ”The body was a moderate decomposing body of a young female African origin. The body was muzzled and swollen. She wore an earring on the right ear, no earring on the left ear. The two eyes collapsed and bulged out of the surface. The lips were swollen and mouth open,’’ Nwafor admitted.
According to him, ”The pubic area was well shaved with no injury or mark on it. The toe nails were painted blue, fingernails red. Three openings on the forehead. Two on the right hand side, one on the left. Right forehead measured 4×1.5cms, 6cms above the right eye orbit, 2cms below the hairline.
”Left acceleration hairline measured 8x3vms above the left eye margin. Right acceleration measured 4x4cms from the midline of the centre head.
”By openings, all the organs were in abnormal and anatomic positions. There was excessive milk colour fluid on the thoracic cavity.
”All the internal organs were in advantage stage of decomposition. On the brain, there was moderate bleeding beneath the scalp, no skull fracture. The brain was completely decomposed.
”I also carried out microscopic examination of the skin acceleration and it showed vital reactions which meant that the reactions occurred when the deceased was alive,” the pathologist narrated.
After listening to the evidence, Justice Nkanang admitted it as an exhibit.
Meanwhile, the matter has been adjourned to December 1 for adoption of written addresses of trial within trial.
Thereafter, ruling of trial within trial for proceeding before ruling will take place on December 13.
