A Nigerian man accused in the attempted bombing of a US bound plane met a radical American Muslim preacher in Yemen during his time in the country, a top govt official said.“According to our investigations, the Nigerian went to Shabwa (province) and met Anwar Al Awlaki,” Rshad al-Alimi, Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Security, told a news conference.
Awlaki, a radical English-speaking cleric linked to a gunman who ran amok a U.S. Army base in Texas, is believed to have later died in an airstrike on al Qaeda militants last month.
