Hector Ekakita, the Chief Security Officer of the Administrator of the Ahoada-East Local Government Area of Rivers State, Goodluck Iheanachor, has denied any involvement in the attack on the administrator.
“I, as the chief security officer, how would I do that? How would I venture into carrying hoodlums to go and attack the man I’m working with? I was never found in the video,” he said.
He explained that he was in his office when he heard a noise and saw what was happening but was told not to interfere.
Ekakita said, “When I heard the noise of the political appointees that the sole administrator did not pay for the month of May when I barged in, I was asked to shut the door, that it was between him and those political appointees.
“I never made any video or carried any hoodlums to go and attack him. So, where did I and the chief of staff come into the picture?”
Controversy had trailed the reported resignation of Ihemnacho after a disturbing video surfaced online showing him being beaten by some individuals.
In the video, he was seen sitting on the floor, visibly distressed, as he was repeatedly struck with canes while voices off-camera yelled at him to “sign that thing” and “put your signature”.