A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after reportedly collapsing in a hotel room following an encounter with a 21-year-old sex worker in Ekpoma, Edo State.

The incident occurred on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Esan West Local Government Area.

According to PUNCH, Uwuigbe had checked into the hotel with the woman, identified as Angela Defa Jacob, and reportedly collapsed shortly after the encounter.

The Edo State Police Command confirmed the incident on Wednesday, saying three people had been arrested in connection with the lecturer’s death.

Police spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said the command received a report on October 5, 2026, at about 8pm that Uwuigbe had lodged at a hotel and engaged the services of the woman.

She said the lecturer subsequently sent the woman to buy water for him, but she found him lying dead in the room when she returned.

Ikoedem said the hotel owner, manager and the woman were in police custody as investigations continued to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.

The deceased’s remains were deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.

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

He said the woman involved was not a student of the university and described the incident as a private matter.