Nigeria: As Ruling Party Alleges Anti-Yar'Adua Meeting in Ghana PDP - U.S. Wants to Destabilise Nigeria

29 May 2009

Abuja — The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused the United States government and its embassy in Nigeria of conspiracy and plotting with opposition groups to destabilise the country.

Specifically, the party said that part of the plot is for the US Embassy to organise a meeting between the pro-democracy groups in Nigeria and President Barack Obama in Ghana, where the groups would seek to persuade the US President that the administration of President Umaru Yar'Adua is "illegitimate".

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