Social media users have expressed their anger and disbelief at the appearance of a murder and rape suspect, Uduak Frank Akpan, who was clad in a close-fitting orange T-shirt with the inscription, ‘The Mudder Squad’ conspicuously emblazoned on the top in black print.

Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo, was lured and reportedly killed by Uduak who later buried her in a shallow grave in his father’s compound.

It was gathered that the victim left her house on Thursday, April 29, 2021, for a phoney job interview orchestrated by Uduak before she was allegedly killed by the suspect.

Speaking on how he killed Umoren, “What happened was that she came for the supposed job interview. I decided to use reverse psychology on her. I told her whether she could work as a secretary on a farm where hard drugs are kept. She said that she could. When she came I told her the farm was just a hoax.

“I told her that before we could even start, I would like to have sex with her and she agreed but she gave a condition that I should use a condom which I agreed. While I removed the condom she became furious and picked a stabiliser to hit me on my head. She bit my left ring finger.

“While I was bleeding, in a bid to stop her, I used the stabiliser to hit her. She fell and died thereafter. I have raped six girls under the guise of giving them jobs. I am not happy about what has happened.”

Many Nigerians have since taken to social media to strongly express doubt over the suspect’s claim that the late job seeker consented to have sex with him and also expressed concerns at how unruffled the suspect looked despite being in police custody for over two weeks.

‘Fisayo Soyombo, tweeted, “Iniubon Umoren’s killer Uduak Akpan looked too fresh and unruffled for someone who’s been in police detention for close to two weeks.

“After my five nights at Pedro Police Station during my undercover investigation, I didn’t look that ‘cool’. Not me, not anyone else in the cell. To get just a bath was war!”

“I imagine Uduak Akpan must’ve been trying to send a cryptic message by wearing that ‘The Mudder Squad’ T-Shirt to the press briefing. Could that be a veiled threat to name the squad members if he’s not bailed out of jail without further delay? Hopefully, we get to know someday,” he added.

A tweep, @eokugbo, also wrote, “How can you parade the murderer of Iniubong Umoren, sitting on a chair, looking fly, making faces, with a T-shirt, inscribed, ‘The Mudder Squad’? What in God’s name is this brazen mockery of both his many victims and every Nigerian watching this unfold? Are you people ok at all?”

Another tweep, @_OfficialJosef, wrote, “This guy been feeding well, had a clean bathe this morning, creamed and combed his hair, took out a bad ass T-shirt, ‘The Mudder Squad’ to seat on a plastic chair at a press conference. Nigeria police I know make suspects seat on the ground… What in God’s name is going on here?”

Also, @KvngKortez_ tweeted, “You wore a T-shirt with an inscription reading ‘The Mudder Squad’ to a press briefing where you are being presented as the murderer of the late young lady. What kind of audacity is that?”

“The Mudder Squad is ‘Murder Squad’ encoded, and that phrase was chosen deliberately. For those that could see, it’s a message that we are dealing with a gang of murderers here. Uduak has more to unveil than the murder of Iniobong Umoren,” stated @ayemojubar.

Meanwhile, the police have said that the suspect would be charged to court upon completion of investigation.