A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, dies in a hotel room after an alleged encounter with a sex worker. Multiple outlets report that police intervene following the incident and that the death triggers tension on campus.

According to the reports, Uwuigbe is said to have checked into a hotel with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker, identified in one account as Angela Defa Jacob. The exact circumstances leading to his death are not established in the available summaries, and the media coverage focuses mainly on the allegation, the hotel stay, and the police response. One outlet frames the situation as tense, while others emphasize the identity of the lecturer and the claim that the woman accompanied him to the hotel before his death.