•Declines telephone conversation
The patchy diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Morocco may worsen after King Mohammed VI of the
North African country turned down a request from President Goodluck Jonathan for a telephone conversation.
It was learnt that the Moroccan monarch deemed such a telephone conversation a few weeks to the Nigerian
presidential election as inappropriate.
Morocco is an Islamic nation and the authorities there thought that President Jonathan wanted to use the
phone call to gain an undue advantage over his challengers in the race.
Online publication, Premium Times, quoted the Moroccan Foreign Affairs ministry as saying in a statement
on Friday that: “The request by Nigerian authorities for a phone conversation between HM King Mohammed
VI and Nigerian president was refused by the Monarch who deemed it inappropriate on grounds of the
upcoming elections in Nigeria.”
The Moroccan authorities added that another request by Nigeria to send an envoy to Rabat was equally
rejected because the monarch viewed the overture as an attempt by President Jonathan to manipulate his
country to secure Muslim votes in the forthcoming election. The ministry said Mohammed VI refused to
speak to the president partly because of “Nigeria’s positions regarding the sacred national, Arab and Islamic
causes.”
Jonathan’s main challenger, General Muhammadu Buhari, is a Muslim and the Presidency felt that the
support of Morocco might sway a few more votes for Jonathan from Nigerian Muslims. Nigeria and Morocco
have not been the best of friends over the years on account of Abuja’s support for independence for Western
Sahara which Rabat continues to lay claim to as its territory.
President Jonathan has been unusually aggressive in his re-election bid, criss-crossing the country to woo
people he considers critical to his ambition. Yesterday, he visited Ile-Ife to seek the prayers of Yoruba Obas.
A few of them obliged him at the palace of the Ooni of Ife. thenationonlineng.net/new/moroccos-king-snubs-jonathan/

Is it that the president has been surrounded by moles?
He can't pee without it being on the net/papers. When the military make strategies especially on BH, we see it everywhere even b4 offensive is launched.

I am beginning to believe that we are in more trouble than we really know.

thanks for your big lies

Morocco has nothing to offer in as much as the world is concern . What have they invented as a nation? Rubbish article

If he had faced the country 's development with such desperation five years ago,by now there wouldn't have been any need for all these

aariwa:
If he had faced the country 's development with such desperation five years ago,by now there wouldn't have been any need for all these

Let Gej Turn Nigeria to Heaven the North will hate him Namunamu.

Akon419:
Morocco has nothing to offer in as much as the world is concern . What has they invented as a nation? Rubbish article

And your mofo country has anything to offer ba? When useless people call you on your cell phone do you entertain their calls?

No level...

We need a leader in this country.
Sai Buhari