Gov. Emmanuel Fires Attorney General Who Just Bagged SAN Title, Appoints Another SAN

Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Akwa ibom State, Mr. Uwemedimo Nwoko, has been sacked from office few week after being made Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

His sack was contained in a cabinet reshuffle statement by Governor Udom Emmanuel on Monday.

It is the third cabinet rejig by the governor since he assumed office in 2015.

Swearing in the four newly appointed commissioners and five permanent secretaries at the banquet hall of the Governor’s Office on Monday, Governor Emmanuel named Uko Essien Udom (SAN) as Nwoko’s replacement.

The governor charged the appointees to put interest of the state first.

He charged the newly sworn-in commissioners on diligent service in the discharge of their duties, adding that they should shun self-aggrandizement but to work always in the interest of the 7.2 million Akwa Ibom people who they have sworn to serve.

He advised them not to be deterred by criticisms from different quarters but to bring to bear their wealth of experience as expressed in their resume in contributing towards success of the Completion Agenda.

”We join all right thinking Akwa Ibom people to congratulate the new appointees and wish them success in their new offices,” the governor said.

Those sworn-in as Commissioners included: Dr. John James Edet, Uko Essien Udom (SAN), Mrs. Idongesit Etiebet and Pastor Umo Eno. Others include; Mr. Ini James Ikie, Dr. Ini Jackson Etukudo, Mrs. Esther Aniekan Inyang, Mrs. Grace Paulinus Jim and Mrs. Abasiekeme Victor Essien as Permanent Secretaries respectively.