Abuja — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refuted some media reports that President Goodluck Jonathan was snubbed by King Mohammed VI of Morocco when the latter purportedly refused to speak to the president on the phone.
Some news reports had quoted a statement from the Moroccan Foreign Affairs Ministry as stating that the king had refused to speak to Jonathan, adding that it was an inappropriate move by the Nigerian leader to curry electoral favours just weeks before a crucial poll. The statement explained that the monarch rejected the request for a phone conversation and the sending of a Nigerian envoy to the country because Mohammed VI viewed the overture as an attempt by Jonathan to take advantage of Morocco's influence to secure Muslim votes in the forthcoming Nigerian election.
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