The family of late job seeker, Miss Iniubong Umoren has cried out to the Akwa Ibom Government to ensure that the killer of their sister is brought to book.
Elder brother to the deceased, Mr Ukeme Umoren made plea when the Governor Udom Emmanuel paid an unscheduled visit to commiserate with the family in Ndot village in Oruk Anam Local Government Area .
He lamented that they lost their parents while in secondary schools and struggled on their own to get education to university level to ensure a better tomorrow. Adding that the late Iniobong was their youngest
According to him, late Iniubong was awaiting her call up letter to proceed for national youth service when she met her untimely death.
He appealed to the state government to ensure that perpetrators of the heinous crime were brought to book as this will be the only succour to the family.
“We welcome the Government of Akwa Ibom State into the family of late Ephraim Umoren. It is so pathetic to us, we are heart broken that our younger sister struggled so much to get education to University level to ensure better tomorrow.We sent our younger sister to school and she was waiting to get her call up letter to proceed to her National Youth Service assignment.
“She went to look for a job to keep herself going, pending the call up letter, but the dream is shattered, we have lost our sister. However, I want to thank the government for coming to sympathise with us in the difficult moment.We are asking for one thing, that we are orphans, our parents left us while we were in secondary schools, we’ve struggled and all of us are now graduates.
“All we want is justice for our sister. Whoever, that is involved in this atrocity should be brought to book. I know the youngman could not have done this alone. There are people behind the scene that sent him on this errand. We appeal to Akwa Ibom State Government that whosoever is involved in the gruesome murder of Iniubong Umoren should be brought to justice. We want Justice for late sister, she was the last child in the family,” Umoren said.
He commended the state government, and pleaded that his family should not be abandoned during the critical period.
In his remarks, Governor Udom Emmanuel who was represented by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem sympathised with family and described the ugly incident as tragic and pathetic to a young girl who went out to earn a living.
“This is a very tragic development, lest than an hour ago His Excellency called me because he is out of the state on official duty. He is extremely unhappy about this development, that a young girl of that age going out seaching for a job to earn a living in the cause of doing that this tragedy struck. The Governor is so sad about this and has sent me to come here and console with the family,” he said.
