The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked media reports claiming that a Canadian court declared the party a terrorist organisation.
In a statement issued on Friday, APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka described the reports as “highly erroneous” and “mischievous,” urging Nigerians to disregard them.
The controversy stems from a court ruling in Canada in the case between Douglas Egharevba and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. Egharevba had sought a judicial review of a decision by the Canadian Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) which found him inadmissible under the country’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
Justice Phuong T.V. Ngo in the June 17, 2025, judgment, upheld the IAD’s decision, ruling that Egharevba was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and that the party was engaged in acts of subversion against democratic processes. The judge stated that this finding was sufficient to dismiss the case, and therefore refrained from addressing the IAD’s findings on terrorism.
Morka clarified that the only reference to APC in the 16-page ruling appeared in the “Background” section, where Egharevba claimed to have been a member of the PDP from 1999 to 2007, and of the APC from 2007 to 2017.
“For the record, APC was not in existence in 2007. The party was registered in 2013,” Morka said, adding that the applicant’s claim was “evidently false.”
He stressed that the court made no declaration linking APC to terrorism, and could not have done so since the party was not a party to the proceedings.
“The reports are false, misleading, and should be disregarded,” Morka concluded.
