AAU Lecturer Dies in Ekpoma Hotel after Encounter with S$X worker

A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The incident happened on Sunday. According to police, the lecturer had checked into the hotel with a 21-year-old woman, Angela Defa Jacob, and was later found dead in the room.

Confirming the development on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, said three persons have been arrested in connection with the case.

“On October 5, 2026, at about 8 pm, 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,” Ikoedem said.

“He subsequently sent the woman to purchase water for him, and upon her return, she found him lying dead in the room.”

Ikoedem said the hotel owner, the hotel manager and the woman are currently in custody while investigations continue. The body has been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.

Reacting to the incident, 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 took place off campus.

“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.

Condolences to the lecturer’s family. 🕊️