I never Spoke to the Moroccan king - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday admitted
that he had not at any time engaged King
Mohammed VI of Morocco in a telephone
conversation as claimed by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
He said he had also not told anybody that he
spoke with the Moroccan monarch.
Jonathan made the clarification in a statement
by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Dr. Reuben Abati.
There is an ongoing diplomatic row between
Nigeria and Morocco over whether or not
Jonathan recently engaged the monarch in a
telephone conversation.
While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a
statement claiming that Jonathan spoke with the
Moroccan king, authorities of the Kingdom
denied the claim and thereafter recalled their
ambassador to Nigeria.
Abati, in the Friday statement, said Jonathan
was highly embarrassed by the controversy that
trailed the issue.
He blamed the controversy on misinformation by
the ministry.

Source: Punch