Nigeria, May 16 -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has corrected a report that Bauchi Deputy Governor Auwal Jatau tried to slap him during Vice President Kashim Shettima's visit to Bauchi State last month.

Mr Tuggar said it was Governor Bala Mohammed, not his deputy, who threatened to slap him.

Mr Shettima was in Bauchi State on 19 April for the turbaning of former Bauchi Governor, Muhammad Abubakar, as Makama Babba 1 of Bauchi Emirate, and the wedding Fatiha of the former governor's daughter, Khadija Muhammad. Mr Tuggar, who is from the state, was in Mr Shettima's entourage.

On Thursday, Mr Tuggar told BBC Hausa Service that he and the governor had an argument while riding on a bus with the vice president to the event's...