ATI ANNANG FOUNDATION CONDEMNS THE GRUESOME MURDER OF MISS INIUBONG UMOREN

Ati Annang Foundation is sorely grieved over the reckless assault and gruesome murder of Miss Iniubong Umoren, 26 years old, a young and very fresh graduate of the University of Uyo from Oruk Anam Local Government Area, by one Mr. Uduak Frank Akpan, while responding to a purported job interview.

As a socio-cultural organisation, an umbrella group for Annang sons and daughters, it pains and hurts us deeply at the news and reality of the gruesome acts that led to the very untimely demise of our dear daughter and sister, a very promising seed of Annang land.

We, hereby, condemn, in strong terms, this outrageous, dastardly, barbaric and inhuman act orchestrated by heartless and mindless persons.

We thank all who kept vigil and those who worked technically and intellectually to ensure the arrest of the perpetrator of this heinous crime. Without the commitment and perseverance from all of you, the accosting of the barbaric monster would not have been possible.

We thank the Government and its relevant agencies for identifying with the family of the deceased, and for the assurance to leave no stone unturned.

Furthermore, it should be noted that such crime is not without accomplices, as such, every one involved in this heinous act, no matter how highly placed, should be made to face the full wrath of the law.While appreciating the police for their proactive steps in the arrest and interrogation of the culprit, we urge the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, to be just in the full administration of justice to the culprit and all persons involved, and to ensure a holistic application of prescribed punishment.

We identify with the family of the deceased, the good people of Oruk Anam Local Government Area and Akwa Ibom State, as we mourn in this time of pain and deep hurt, and pray God to comfort and strengthen us all in this moment of indescribable pain, and grant the fortitude to bear this very painful loss.May the Lord grant her soul rest eternally.


Signed

Dr Gloria Wilson Inyang
Secretary General
Ati Annang Foundation