Rivers LGA administrator denies resignation amid controversy

The Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Native Govt Location in Rivers Enlighten, Goodluck Iheamnacho, has refuted reports of his resignation.

In a radio interview, Iheamnacho claimed he turned into once aloof quite than labor and entreated the public to brush apart a letter circulating on social media announcing his resignation.

Earlier, a letter dated June 20, 2025, and addressed to the Govt Home in Port Harcourt, surfaced, bringing up Iheamnacho’s design to step down because of a desire to return to the private sector.

The letter expressed gratitude to the Rivers Enlighten Govt and the of us of Ahoada East for the opportunity to attend.

Then one more time, Iheanacho disputed the authenticity of the letter, claiming he had not signed it.

Iheamnacho alleged that he turned into once attacked in his assign of labor by hoodlums who took his deepest property, at the side of documents.

He maintained that the resignation letter turned into once a outcomes of this incident, in desire to a pleasant reflection of his intentions.

He talked about, “I did not resign from my appointment because the sole administrator of Ahoada-East. I turned into once attacked in my assign of labor, and the letter they brought turned into once not signed by me. I know nothing about the letter.

“I desire to point out participants of the public that I did not resign because the sole administrator of Ahoada-East, and any diversified knowledge aired is null and void. I am aloof the sole administrator of Ahoada-East.”

Then one more time, Hector Ekeakita, who's the Chief Security Officer of the council, insisted that Iheamnacho resigned.

He spoke in a live radio interview, pushing apart the allegation that Iheamnacho turned into once attacked. He explained that the youths of the council had come in nice numbers to demand that the administrator extinguish allegedly siphoning funds supposed for the council. He talked about the action then ended in a scuffle that compelled him to resign.

He talked about, “He (Iheamnacho) turned into once not attacked by thugs. Let’s show Nigerians the truth, those had been Ahoada-East youths who came in their mass to point out him, ‘please, our brother, you would perchance perhaps well be siphoning money. Lawful two months quite than labor, you would perchance perhaps well also unprejudiced possess made up our minds not to steal care of our atmosphere.’

“They talked about he have to aloof show them why the LGA is soiled. No workers come to work. And he stays in Port Harcourt to manage his administration. So the youths had been offended and so that they blocked him, so with that stress he talked about he would not desire to develop it one more time.”

Iheamnacho’s appointment as sole administrator of Ahoada East LGA turned into once share of an even bigger type in Rivers Enlighten, where 23 native government administrators had been appointed by the Sole Administrator of Rivers Enlighten, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.).