President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has sacked the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.
President Trump made this announcement on his official Twitter handle @realdonaldtrump
He also immediately announced Director of CIA, Mike Pompeo as the successor.
The news of the shocking sack is coming a day after Tillerson visited Nigeria.
Tillerson was received at the presidential villa in Abuja on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tillerson in his maiden tour of Africa had also visited Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya since last Wednesday.
While details of the sack are not made available by the President, he had also announced the appointment of Gina Haspel as the head the Central Intelligence Agency — the first woman tapped for the post.
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