After President Ernest Koroma's recent decision to relieve former transportation and aviation minister of his duty, many Sierra Leoneans have heaved a sigh of relief that indeed, he is his own man.

As a result of that singular act of sacking his blue eye boy, the President clearly confirmed echoes of his words that he has no sacred cow in his cabinet as far as fighting corruption in Sierra Leone is concerned.

Kemoh Sesay was with the President, thick and thin, throughout the All Peoples Congress' (APC) days of power struggle.

It is no secret that he played a pivotal role in the victory APC achieved in the 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Many Sierra Leoneans believe that during the elections, countless votes from the Port Loko district came in favour of APC mainly out of Kemoh Sesay's effort.

Consequently, he was awarded a ministerial post in the newly-constituted cabinet. Sesay's case is one of which the President reversed his words as he had earlier vowed not to appoint any elected Member of Parliament into his cabinet.

As it now turns out now, many people think it is unfortunate for Sesay to have misplaced the trust the President had in him by getting himself involved in the landing of a cocaine plane on Sierra Leonean soil.

The assumption in all quarters is that the quest for wealth and ostentatious way of life led the former aviation minister into utter disgrace.

From the very first day the unwelcome 'cocaine plane' landed at the Lungi International Airport mid-July, it was trailed by controversies and some people even called for the immediate dismissal of the minister.

Many Sierra Leoneans, in and outside Sierra Leone, applauded the President's decision to relieve Kemoh Sesay of his duty as minister of transport and aviation citing that there must have been ample evidence at President Koroma's disposal to ask the minister out.

For those keeping a tab on the incident, it was discovered that Kemoh Sesay's role has been very conflicting in the cocaine saga and there has not been any serious effort to provide clarity on his side.

After the announcement of his removal, Kemoh Sesay said he was not surprised. Suffice to say he was anticipating such to happen. It was also gathered that the President had earlier advised Sesay to step down during the course of investigation into the matter which he declined.

A resident of Calaba Town, Amadu Kamara, said the decision to relieve the transport and aviation minister of his duty by the president was a step in the right direction.

He said it was now evident now that there was no sacred cow among government ministers.

"The President has done a good job by sacking Kemoh Sesay from being one of his ministers," he said.

Hawa Conteh of Blackhall Road said Kemoh Sesay was not the only government official to be sacked adding that "more heads need to roll." She said President Koroma has proven to Sierra Leoneans that he is indeed a president that has the country at heart. She commended the removal of Kemoh Sesay and suggested that IG Acha Kamara should be added to the list.

"The Inspector General of the Sierra Leone Police needs to be fired as he has something to say with regards the abandoned cocaine plane at Lungi International Airport," she said.

However, Musa Koroma of Fourah Bay Road noted that it was good that the president took such a decisive decision because the former minister has done nothing glorifying but rather he has brought disgrace to the government and the nation.

He said it was clear that Kemoh Sesay had previous knowledge of the cocaine deal and must have useful information that would aid the ongoing cocaine investigation. He pleaded for more officials to be investigated and dismissed.

"Mr. President, more needs to be done. Kemoh Sesay is not the only government official that should be sacked. We still have more that must be relieved of their duties," he said.

Marie Kamara of the same address said if the decision of the president to relieve Sesay of his duty was done without any witch hunting, then the country is going in a good footing.

"The President should ensure that all those found wanting should face the full wrath of the law. For several years now, our country has been used as a transit point for drug trafficking because our laws were took weak," she said.

Mohamed Jalloh, a senior secondary school student at St. Edwards Secondary School said, "All human beings including politicians, make errors of judgment and have to apologize for them. But when the errors start to overflow, then we have a right to raise questions about the competence of the individual." He said the sacking of the former minister of transport and aviation was not a surprise to him as he was expecting that to happen.