President Donald Trump has sacked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who was on a state visit to Nigeria yesterday Monday and has replaced him with CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, just as he also appointed Gina Haspel, the new CIA Boss, the first woman to so named.

Trump made the announcement via his Twitter handle: @realDonald Trump

“Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!”

There are strong indications that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was removed from his post by President Donald Trump over two “major” errors that he committed.

The errors, our correspondent gathered, triggered Trump to consider and appoint another loyalist, Director Mike Pompeo, who is the Director of CIA, as the new Secretary of State.

Though Trump did not give any reason for sacking the US Secretary of State in his announcement via his Twitter handle, it was learnt that there have been frequent frictions between the two recently.

Before the sack, Trump had shown indications that he no longer had confidence in Tillerson. On Tuesday, he told reporters that the move to sack Tillerson had been considered for “a long time.”

“We disagreed on things … the Iran deal. So we were not thinking the same. With Mike Pompeo, we have a similar thought process.”

Beyond the Iran deal, Tillerson reportedly goofed in defending Trump’s position on Gulf States’ feud with the kingdom of Qatar and North Korea.

On the contrary, Pompeo played a ‘crucial’ role in the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the US election that brought in Trump as President.

Also, Tillerson’s assertion on Monday night that Russia “clearly” was responsible for the poisoning of a former British spy, is considered as “implicating and capable of exposing the White House to danger”.

A former Minister of Aviation of Nigeria, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that US Secretary, Rex Tillerson, might have been affected by his visitation to President Muhammadu Buhari.

It will be recalled that Tillerson was sacked by US President Donald Trump 12 hours after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock.
Fani-Kayode in a tweet on Tuesday alleged that President Muhammad Buhari has ‘chronic bad luck’.

Read all about this developing story here, here and here.

Whatever reasons he was sacked,was hasten by visiting buhari..haha. Vist buhari and get sacked.
First to comment ..FTC,twice in one day,oh happy day..

Buhari is in for a very hot ride in the international community. He can't turn Nigeria into an abbatior and expect that any reasonable person will want to associate with him. His back luck has affected Tillerson.