AAU Lecturer Dies in Ekpoma Hotel After Alleged Encounter With 21-Year-Old Woman

A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel in Ekpoma following an alleged encounter with a 21-year-old woman identified by the police as Angela Defa Jacob.

The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday, October 5, 2026, at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The Edo State Police Command confirmed the incident, saying Uwuigbe had checked into the hotel with the woman before his death.

According to the police spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, the lecturer reportedly sent the woman to purchase water for him. When she returned, she allegedly found him lying dead inside the hotel room.

“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.

The police spokesperson said the hotel owner, manager and the woman were arrested in connection with the incident and are currently being detained at the state police headquarters.

Uwuigbe’s remains have reportedly been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.

University confirms lecturer’s death

The university confirmed that Uwuigbe was a staff member of Ambrose Alli University but stressed that the incident occurred outside the institution.

Mike Aladenika, the university’s Public Relations Officer, said the woman involved was not a student of the university.

“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,” Aladenika said.

AAU Online News, a platform that reports developments within the university community, also confirmed Uwuigbe’s death in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

The platform described his death as “shocking” and identified him as a lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science.

The university community has since expressed condolences to his family, colleagues, students, friends and other loved ones.

The circumstances surrounding Uwuigbe’s death remain under investigation by the police. The cause of death has not been established in the information provided, and the arrests do not by themselves establish criminal responsibility.