A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room after an encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob. According to the Guardian on Wednesday, Uwuigbe, a lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science,……
A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room after an encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob.
According to the Guardian on Wednesday, Uwuigbe, a lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, died on Monday, October 5, 2026, at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the State.
Confirming the incident, spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, said the hotel owner, manager and the lady involved in the incident had been arrested and detained for questioning.
Ikoedem revealed that the command received a report at about 8 pm on Monday that the lecturer lodged in the hotel and engaged the services of the sex worker. The police spokesperson added that the lecturer later asked the woman to go out and purchase water for him but came back to find the lifeless body of the lecturer. She said the investigation has commenced.
“The woman returned to the room and discovered Uwuigbe lying lifeless, prompting the report to the police,” the PPRO stated.
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Ikoedem further disclosed that the circumstances surrounding the lecturer’s death were being investigated, adding that “the arrests were part of efforts to establish what transpired before his death.”
She disclosed that Uwuigbe’s remains had been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital Mortuary for preservation, while the investigation continues.
Also reacting to the incident, the university management distanced the institution from the circumstances surrounding the incident, stressing that the death occurred outside the university environment.
Spokesperson for AAU, Mike Aladenika, confirmed that Uwuigbe was a staff member of the university, stressing that the incident was unrelated to the institution’s official activities.
Speaking to PM News, Aladenika said, “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.”
