Police: Hoodlums assaulted, forced Rivers LGA administrator to sign resignation letter

The Rivers police command says hoodlums assaulted and forced Goodluck Iheamnacho, sole administrator of Ahoada LGA, to sign a resignation letter.

On Friday, a letter indicating that Iheamnacho has resigned his position as the sole administrator of Ahoada east LGA appeared online.

The resignation letter, dated June 20, was addressed to Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Rivers sole administrator.

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

In an interview with Nigeria Info 92.3 FM Port Harcourt, Iheamnacho asked members of the public to disregard the letter, saying that the letter was brought to his office by hoodlums who attacked him.

Iheamnacho said he is still the Ahoada east LGA administrator.

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

‘POLICE INVITE COUNCIL CoS, CSO FOR QUESTIONING’

A statement issued on Sunday by Grace Iringe-Koko, Rivers police spokesperson, said the police have invited Ekeakita and the chief of staff (CoS) of the council for questioning over the attack

Iringe-Koko said Ekeakita and the CoS led 30 hoodlums to Iheamnacho’s office on Friday and attacked him.

“On 20th June, 2025, at about 1340hrs, a group of hoodlums numbering about thirty, led by Mr Hector Ekeakita, the chief security officer (CSO) and the chief of staff (CoS) to the sole administrator respectively stormed the council secretariat and attacked him,” the statement reads.

“During the attack, the hoodlums assaulted the sole administrator, stole his mobile phones, forced him to sign a letter purporting his resignation, carted away vital documents, including official and personal documents from his office.

“The administrator is currently undergoing medical treatment due to the injuries sustained during the violent attack. He is in stable condition.

“The Rivers State Police Command unequivocally condemns this reprehensible act and has taken swift action.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga A. Adepoju, after visiting the scene of the attack with heads of other sister security agency in the state, has directed the chief security officer (CSO), chief Of staff (CoS), and all those involved in this action to report to the police state headquarters, Moscow road, Port Harcourt for questioning.

“The CP further noted that the Command is resolute in its pursuit of justice and warned that failure to comply with this invitation will attract severe consequences.”