Hoodlums rape, kill market woman in Uyo

A market woman was strangled after being raped by suspected hoodlums at Afaha Market in Ibesikpo/Asuntan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday.
 
The woman from Ogoja, Cross River State,  had  gone  to  the weekly Afaha market  when the  incident occurred at night.

Mama Oliver, as popularly called was said to have  gone outside the house to urinate when  four-man hoodlums swooped on her and took  turns to rape her.

She was then strangled by the hoodlums after being ape 

An eyewitness, confirmed that Mama Oliver said she was going to urinate. It was in the process  that the hoodlums seized her. They had bouts of sex with her.

“It was believed that they strangled her because she could  identify some of the criminals. They feared that she might expose them if they let her go.”

According to what her friend (Mrs. Eno Edet) told punch correspondent that the death of Mama Oliver was shocking and I would never assume that anyone could  be so callous as to kill  an innocent woman just because of sex.

 Her corpse had already been taken to a mortuary  in Ibesikpo/Asutan LGA.

As at the time of this report, an attempt to speak to Mr Etim Dickso, The state Command’s spokesperson,  by  the punch was unsuccessful.