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Acting Nigerian President Sacks Justice Minister
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Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria's new acting president has demoted the Minister of Justice who opposed his taking temporary power in the prolonged medical absence of the country's elected leader.
In his first cabinet meeting since lawmakers made him Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan sacked Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa.
Attorney General Aondoakaa led members of the cabinet in resisting a provisional transfer of power to Mr. Jonathan, insisting that there was no power vacuum in Nigeria ten weeks after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking to reporters following his demotion, Aondoakaa said he has no regrets.
"No single action I have taken I have regretted," he said. "Every single action I took was in the interest of this country. No country will say there is a vacuum. No country, no Attorney General will go to the pages of the papers and say, 'There is a vacuum.' I pledged my loyalty to the vice president. I am the minister of special duties."
Aondoakaa is replaced as justice minister by former labor minister Adetokunbo Kayode.
Attorney General Aondoakaa led members of the cabinet in resisting a provisional transfer of power to Mr. Jonathan, insisting that there was no power vacuum in Nigeria ten weeks after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking to reporters following his demotion, Aondoakaa said he has no regrets.
"No single action I have taken I have regretted," he said. "Every single action I took was in the interest of this country. No country will say there is a vacuum. No country, no Attorney General will go to the pages of the papers and say, 'There is a vacuum.' I pledged my loyalty to the vice president. I am the minister of special duties."
Aondoakaa is replaced as justice minister by former labor minister Adetokunbo Kayode.
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