A senior lecturer of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has reportedly slumped and died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob.
Reports from the school indicate that incident happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
A source from the institution told FACTSHEET that that Dr. Uwuigbe the lecturer had checked into the hotel with Ms Jacob, but later died after they had their a marathon romp’
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the incident told journalists that three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
According to the PPRO, “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 hotel owner, the manager and the sex worker are currently in custody while investigation continues. The corpse, she added, has been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.
eanwhile, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed to PM News that Uwuigbe is a staff member of the institution, but said the incident occurred outside the 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.