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Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal, has stated that though the dismissal of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu is "unfortunate" the former government appointee had it coming. To him, there was no way President Mills could have folded his hands over a situation where allegations are bandied about without shred of evidence being provided. President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday, gave Mr. Amidu the marching off orders after he �misconducted� himself at a meeting that was supposed to serve as a platform for him to substantiate an allegation he made against an unnamed colleague minister involved in "gargantuan crimes.� In the wake of the fiery response of a statement he issued last week, which among others alleged a cover-up of "gargantuan crimes� against the state by a colleague cabinet minister and the mercenary nature of some members of the media sympathetic to the cause of the ruling NDC, President Mills, at a closed door meeting with the A-G last Friday, demanded him to substantiate his claims or jump ship. Mr Amidu, on January 11, 2012, signed and issued a statement titled, �Response to Malicious Libels against the Attorney-General�. In the statement, he claimed, among other things, that �... colleague minister of state who perceived my integrity and professionalism as a lawyer was a threat to the concealment of gargantuan crimes against the people of Ghana in which they might be implicated�. Mr Amidu again alleged, �Fairness requires that NDC criminals be prosecuted by me as well, as an independent and impartial Attorney-General, albeit appointed by the NDC Government.�