APC Debunks Claims of Canadian Court Declaring Party a Terrorist Organisation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted media reports alleging that a Canadian court declared the party a terrorist organisation, describing such claims as “false, misleading, and mischievous.”

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, CON, the APC clarified that the case in question—Douglas Egharevba vs. The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness—did not involve any such declaration against the party.

According to Morka, the matter was a judicial review of a decision by Canada’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD), which had found the applicant, Douglas Egharevba, inadmissible under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) due to alleged subversive activities linked to his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The court, in its June 17, 2025 ruling, upheld the IAD’s conclusion that the PDP had engaged in acts of subversion against the electoral process, but made no ruling on terrorism as it related to the APC. The judge explicitly stated:

“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.”

Morka explained that the only mention of APC in the entire 16-page decision was a background note quoting the applicant’s claim of membership between 2007 and 2017—a claim the APC described as factually impossible, given that the party was only registered in 2013.

“The court never made any determination on terrorism involving APC. Any reports suggesting otherwise are entirely without basis and should be disregarded,” the statement read.

The APC urged its members, supporters, and the public to ignore the reports, stressing that the party was neither part of the case nor the subject of any adverse judicial finding in Canada.