Nigeria, June 19 -- Nigeria's secret police, the SSS, appears to have taken over investigation into the case of the Akwa Ibom girl who was raped and killed in April by a 20-year-old man, Uduak Akpan, who had lured her with a fake job offer.

The victim, Iniubong Umoren, 26, was buried in a shallow grave inside the suspect's family house where she was brutally killed, in the outskirts of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital.

The crime attracted nationwide outrage. Nigerians have been putting pressure on the police to bring her killers to justice.

A former attorney general of Akwa Ibom State, Uwemedimo Nwoko, told PREMIUM TIMES last week that the SSS has taken over the investigation from the police.

Mr Nwoko, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is holdi...