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President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday admitted that he has not at anytime 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 Jonathan recently engaged the king in a telephone conversation or not.
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 statement on Friday, said Jonathan was highly embarrassed by the controversy that erupted over the incident.
He attributed the furore over the matter to the misinformation by the ministry.
The presidential spokesman said although the President asked the ministry to arrange telephone conversations between him and King of Morocco, the President of Algeria and the President of Egypt, he had yet to speak with the Moroccan monarch.
He said, "President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is shocked, surprised and highly embarrassed by the controversy that has erupted over whether or not he had a telephone conversation with His Majesty
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