Controversy as Rivers LGA administrator denies signing resignation letter

Goodluck Iheamnacho, sole administrator of Ahoada east LGA in Rivers, has asked members of the public to disregard the letter stating that he had resigned his position.

Speaking in an interview with Nigeria Info 92.3 FM Port Harcourt, Iheamnacho said he is still the Ahoada east LGA administrator.

In a resignation letter dated June 20 and addressed to Ibok-Ete Ibas, the state’s sole administrator, Iheamnacho said he was leaving the position to return to the private sector.

In the letter, Iheamnacho thanked the people of the LGA for the opportunity to serve them.

The development came barely 70 days after Iheamnacho was appointed as the administrator of Ahoada east LGA.

Hours after the resignation letter went viral, a video showing a man resembling Iheamnacho being beaten by some men began trending online.

In the video, Iheamnacho, while sitting on the ground, was ordered by the men to sign the letters placed before him.

Narrating what transpired, the LGA administrator said he was attacked in the office by hoodlums, who brought a letter for him to sign.

“I did not resign from my appointment as the sole administrator of Ahoada-East,” he said.

“I was attacked in my office, and the letter they brought was not signed by me. I know nothing about the letter.

“I want to tell members of the public that I did not resign as the sole administrator of Ahoada East, and any other information aired is null and void. I am still the sole administrator of Ahoada-East.”

In another interview with Nigeria Info 92.3 FM, Hector Ekeakita, chief security officer of Ahoada east, insisted that Iheamnacho was not attacked by thugs and that he had resigned his position.

Ekeakita said the youths came to the LGA secretariat to ask Iheamnacho about how funds were being spent and why the environment is filthy.

“They (youths) said he should tell them why the LGA is dirty. No staff come to work and he stays in Port Harcourt to administer his administration,” he said.

“So the youths were angry and they blocked him, so with that pressure he said he does not want to do it again.”