AAU Lecturer Dies in Edo Hotel After Alleged Encounter with Sex Worker
Police say the hotel owner, manager and sex worker are in custody as investigators await the lecturer’s cause of death.
- On Sunday, Matthew Uwuigbe, a senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, died in an Ekpoma hotel room shortly after an encounter with 21-year-old Angela Defa Jacob.
- Police received the report at about 8 p.m. on Sunday and arrested three individuals in custody: the hotel owner, the manager, and Jacob.
- According to police spokesperson Eno Ikoedem, Uwuigbe sent Jacob to purchase water, but upon her return she found him lying dead in the room.
- University spokesperson Mike Aladenika confirmed Uwuigbe as a staff member but stressed the incident occurred off-campus and the woman involved was not a student.
- Similar sudden deaths in hotels have prompted police investigations across Nigeria, including a July 2026 incident in Jigawa State and a November 2025 case in Ondo State.
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AAU lecturer dies in Edo hotel after alleged encounter with sex worker
A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died in a hotel room following an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker. Uwuigbe was said to have checked into the hotel with the woman, identified as Angela Defa Jacob, and reportedly died shortly after the […] AAU lecturer dies in Edo hotel after alleged encounter with sex worker
Police arrest 21-year-old woman after lecturer dies in hotel room
Police in Nigeria have arrested a 21-year-old woman and two hotel officials after Ambrose Alli University lecturer Dr Matthew Uwuigbe was found dead in a hotel room in Ekpoma. Uwuigbe reportedly checked into the hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, with Angela Defa Jacob on October 5, 2026. According […]
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