A senior lecturer with Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room after an encounter with a 21-year-old woman identified by the police as a sex worker.
The incident occurred on Sunday, October 5, 2026, at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incident, saying the command received a report about the lecturer’s death at about 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Ikoedem said Uwuigbe had lodged at the hotel and engaged the services of 21-year-old Angela Defa Jacob before subsequently sending her out to purchase water.
She said the woman returned to the room and found the lecturer lying dead.
Ikoedem said: “On October 5, 2026, at about 8pm, the command received a report that Matthew Uwuigbe, a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, had lodged at a hotel in Ekpoma and engaged the services of a 21-year-old sex worker, Angela Defa Jacob.
“He subsequently sent the woman to purchase water for him, and upon her return, she found him lying dead in the room.”
The police spokesperson disclosed that three persons had been arrested in connection with the incident.
According to her, the hotel owner, the manager and the woman who was with the lecturer are currently in police custody as investigation continues.
She added that Uwuigbe’s remains had been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed that Uwuigbe was a staff member of the institution but stressed that the incident occurred outside the university.
“We are not denying that he is our staff, but whatever he did and what happened, it is his private life. The girl in question is not our student, and everything happened outside our institution,” he said.
The police are continuing investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the lecturer’s death.
