for the second round The alliance he formed with the APC thwarted the SLPP's chances to win the 2007 election and thus Margai became the kingmaker of the Koroma presidency. However, the PMDC's constitution did not permit him to join a government led by the APC. However, after the election, he became a close ally and confidante to President Koroma. As part of the PMDC and APC deal saw Koroma appoint 8 members of Margai's senior party chiefs and financial supporters to ministerial positions. All of Margai's PMDC ministers lost their positions by 2010 and were replaced by APC supporters. He entered into a legal dispute with then-First Lady of Sierra Leone Sia Koroma over a property in Aberdeen. When Mrs. Koroma received a favorable judgment, Margai went to the national news media to demand the First Lady's arrest. He was arrested in May 2013, charged with "careless talk" and detained for several days before being set free on bail. 2018 Presidential Election Margai was the PMDC candidate for Sierra Leone's 2018 Presidential Election. He choose educator Isata Dora Bangura as his running mate, making her Sierra Leone's second woman vice presidential candidate . The PMDC won 0.4% of the vote. Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone Margai was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Sierra Leone by President Julius Maada Bio on 16 April 2018. Shortly after he received his appointment, a memo from Margai to President Bio was leaked during the first week of June 2018 requesting permission to dismiss the Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission and other officials. The memo also indicated that he wanted the president to form a commission of inquiry to investigate the finances of members of the former APC government. Political observers speculated that Margai wished to use the office to exact revenge on his political enemies in the APC. On 12 June 2018, a week after the memo was leaked, President Bio dismissed Margai as Attorney General and Minister of Justice without any official reason. He was immediately replaced by Dr.Patricia Schwartz, who Margai had recently recommended to President Bio to head the law school at the University of Sierra Leone. With a tenure of less than two months, Margai is the shortest ever serving Attorney General and Minister Justice in the history of Sierra Leone. References 20th-century Sierra Leonean lawyers