Edo Varsity Lecturer Dies After Hotel Encounter With 21-Year-Old Woman, Three Arrested

A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after reportedly collapsing in a hotel room in Edo State, with police confirming the arrest of three people in connection with the incident.

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

According to the Edo State Police Command, Uwuigbe had lodged at the hotel and engaged the services of a 21-year-old woman identified as Angela Defa Jacob. Police said the lecturer later sent the woman out to buy water.

The command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said the woman returned to the room and found Uwuigbe lying dead. She confirmed the incident on Wednesday while providing details of the ongoing investigation.

“On October 5, 2026, at about 8pm, 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.

She said the hotel owner, manager and Jacob had been arrested and were assisting the police with the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the lecturer’s death.

The police spokesperson added that Uwuigbe’s body had been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary as investigations continue to establish what led to his death.

Meanwhile, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed that Uwuigbe was a member of the institution’s staff but stressed that the incident occurred outside the university campus.

“We are not denying that he was our staff member, but whatever he did and what happened, it is his private life,” Aladenika said, adding that the woman involved was not a student of the university.

The police have not disclosed the confirmed cause of Uwuigbe’s death, while investigations and further inquiries into the incident remain ongoing