The 6th Prosecution Witness, Inspector Samuel Udoh in the trial of Uduak Akpan over the murder of job seeker, Iniubong Umoren, has insisted that the first accused person, Uduak Akpan, confessed to raping and killing the deceased.
Udoh attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, told Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, that the suspect voluntarily led the police investigation team to his father’s compound in Uruan Local Government Area and showed them the shallow grave he buried the remains of late Umoren.
Inspector Udoh who said the first accused person after writing his statement, also read the statement, and confirmed same to be his statement in the presence of his lawyer and his father.
But when Uduak-Abasi Akpan was shown the copy of that confessional statement at the dock, he confirmed that the name and signature on the statement were his but denied writing the statement.
The trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, suspended the main trial and ordered that a trial-within-trial be conducted.
