AAU Lecturer Dies at Ekpoma Hotel, Police Arrest Three People

Senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, died after reportedly collapsing in a hotel room in Mosco area in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of ​​Edo State.

The incident which occurred on Sunday involved a 21-year-old lecturer and commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob, according to the Edo State Police Command.

Police said Uwuigbe had checked into the hotel and used the woman’s services before he was later found dead in his room.

Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Edo State Police Command spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said three people had been arrested as investigations into the death of the lecturer continued.

He said, “On October 5, 2026, at about 8pm, the command received a report that Matthew Uwuigbe, a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, had checked into a hotel in Ekpoma and hired the services of a 21-year-old sex worker, Angela Defa Jacob.

“He then sent the woman to buy water for him, and on his return, the woman found him lying dead in the room.”

According to Ikoedem, the hotel owner, manager and the woman who was with the deceased have been detained as police try to find out the cause of his death.

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He added that Uwuigbe’s body has been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.

Meanwhile, the university has confirmed that the deceased was a member of its academic staff but stressed that the incident did not occur within the institution.

The university’s public relations officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, said the events surrounding the lecturer’s death had nothing to do with official university activities.

“We do not deny that she is our staff, but whatever she did and what happened, that is her personal life. The girl in question is not our student, and everything happened outside our institution,” he said.

A police investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.