The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed social media reports claiming that a Canadian court declared the party a terrorist organisation, describing the allegations as false and misleading.
In a statement shared by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka clarified that the reports misrepresented a recent court ruling in Canada.
According to the APC, the case in question – Douglas Egharevba vs. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness – involved an application for judicial review after the Canadian Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) found the applicant inadmissible under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). The decision, dated June 17, 2025, dismissed the application on grounds related to the applicant’s membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which the court found had engaged in acts of subversion against Nigeria’s electoral process.
The party noted that APC was only mentioned once in the 16-page judgment, in a background declaration by the applicant, who claimed to have been a member from 2007 to 2017 — a statement the APC described as “evidently false,” as the party was only registered in 2013.
Quoting directly from the judgment, the APC stressed that the judge refrained from analysing any terrorism-related findings, stating:
“Having found that the IAD’s analysis on subversion was reasonable, this is sufficient to dismiss the application for review. I will therefore refrain from analysing the IAD’s findings on terrorism.”
The APC emphasised that it was not a party to the proceedings and that the Canadian court never made any determination about the party’s status.
“Clearly, reports that APC was declared a terrorist organisation by the Canadian court in this matter are patently erroneous, if not mischievous,” the statement read. “We urge our party faithful, supporters, and all Nigerians to disregard these false claims.”
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