‘Akpabio had no hand in Iniubong Umoren’s death, her organs intact’ — Murdered girl’s sister says Natasha lied, threatens lawsuit

Ifiok Umoren addressing the press in Uyo . . . Saturday

By UDUAK AKPAN

The elder sister of murdered Akwa Ibom job seeker Iniubong Umoren has distanced Senate President Godswill Akpabio from her death, even as she declared unequivocally: “My sister’s organs were intact during autopsy.” Ifiok Ephraim Umoren made the clarifications addressing a press conference she addressed on Saturday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

Iniubong Umoren, it would be recalled, was gruesomely murdered on April 29, 2021 by UduakAbasi Frank Akpan after tricking her to his father’s residence in Nung Ikot Ufok Village, Uruan Local Government Area of the state, on the pretext of a job interview. He was arraigned before Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, found guilty of rape and murder and sentenced to death on August 4, 2022.

Iniubong’s death, however, has once more become an issue following a recent Facebook live broadcast by US-based activist and media personality, Dr. Sandra C. Duru, during which she reported suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as accusing Senate President Akpabio of using Iniubong’s organs to save the life of his then-sick wife, Unoma Ekaette Akpabio.

But all that is balderdash, according to Ifiok Ephraim Umoren, who was flanked by the State Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. Friday Johnson Itim, and the State Coordinator of Legal Aid Council, Mr. Samuel Abdullah (lawyer to the convicted UduakAbasi), as she addressed the press on Saturday.

“How can someone tell me — indeed the world —that my sister’s organs were harvested? Did the person who accused another go and harvest my sister’s organs after burial?” she asked in a grief-stricken voice.