A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room following an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker.
The incident occurred on October 5, 2026, at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Uwuigbe was said to have checked into the hotel with a woman identified as Angela Defa Jacob, 21.
According to the Edo State Police Command, the lecturer later sent the woman out to purchase water. However, when she returned to the room, she reportedly found Uwuigbe lying dead on the bed.
The incident was reported to the police at about 8pm.
The spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incident and said three persons had been arrested in connection with the case.
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 said the hotel owner, manager and the 21-year-old woman were in police custody while investigations continued.
She added that Uwuigbe’s remains had been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of Ambrose Alli University, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed that Uwuigbe was a staff member of the university but stressed that the incident occurred outside the institution.
“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,” Aladenika said.
The police have not disclosed the cause of Uwuigbe’s death, while investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and determine whether any criminal offence was committed.
The hotel owner, manager and the woman remain in police custody as the investigation continues.