Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim has sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Uwakmfon Isaac Jonah, to life imprisonment for attempted murder of a 12-year-old girl.
Delivering the judgement on June 25, the presiding judge, Justice Winifred Effiong, convicted the defendant on a one-count charge of attempted murder contrary to Section 276 of the Criminal Code, Cap 38 Vol. 2, Laws of Akwa Ibom State, 2022.
The convict, a hairdresser and divorcee from Ikot Obong in Afaha Clan, Essien Udim Local Government Area, lured the victim away from Urua Akpan Market on July 20, 2023, before inflicting severe injuries on her neck and eye.
In her statement tendered before the Court, the victim had accompanied her mother, a pepper trader, to the market and was hawking fresh pepper when the defendant approached her under the pretext of purchasing the commodity.
She recounted how the defendant deceived her into following her
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