A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has slumped and died in a hotel room following an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker.
The incident occurred on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state.
Uwuigbe was reportedly at the hotel with the woman, identified as Angela Defa Jacob, when he suddenly became unresponsive.
According to the Edo State Police Command, the lecturer had lodged at the hotel and engaged the services of the woman before the incident occurred.
The command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incident on Tuesday, saying three people had been arrested in connection with the lecturer’s death.
Ikoedem said the command received a report at about 8pm on October 5, 2026, that Uwuigbe had lodged at a hotel in Ekpoma and engaged the services of the 21-year-old woman.
She said the lecturer later sent the woman to buy water for him.
“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.
“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 police spokesperson said the hotel owner, manager and the woman were in custody as the investigation continued.
She added that Uwuigbe’s body 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.
However, Aladenika stressed that the incident occurred outside the university premises and was unrelated to the institution’s activities.
“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 told PM News.
The police investigation is expected to establish the circumstances surrounding the lecturer’s death.