Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, a senior lecturer at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, in Edo State has slumped and died in a hotel room after sexual encounter with a 21-year-old prostitute identified as Angela Defa Jacob.
The incident occured on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the State.
According to report, the lecturer had checked into the hotel with the sex worker and died moments after the romp.
While confirming the incident, the command image maker, Eno Ikoedem, said three persons have been taken into custody in connection with the incident.
She said: “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 remains of the lecturer, Eno said has been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed 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”, Mike said.
