The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted media reports claiming that a Canadian court declared the party a terrorist organisation, describing the allegations as false, misleading, and mischievous.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, CON, the party clarified that in the case of Douglas Egharevba vs. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Federal Court of Canada made no such declaration against the APC.
The case involved an application for judicial review of a decision by the Canadian Immigration Appeal Division (IAD), which found the applicant, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), inadmissible under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) for alleged acts of subversion.
Morka explained that the court’s ruling, delivered on June 17, 2025, dismissed the application on the basis of the applicant’s PDP membership and alleged subversive acts, without making any findings of terrorism. The only mention of APC, he noted, appeared in the background section of the judgment, where the applicant claimed to have been a member from 2007 to 2017 — a claim the APC dismissed as false since the party was only registered in 2013.
Quoting the judgment, Morka highlighted the court’s own words: “I will therefore refrain from analysing the IAD’s findings on terrorism.” He stressed that APC was not a party to the case and that any such declaration would have been outside the court’s jurisdiction and irrelevant to the proceedings.
The party urged members, supporters, and the public to disregard the reports, assuring that the claim has “no basis in fact or law.”
