The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at Justice Phuong Ngo of the Federal Court of Canada, describing him as an ignoramus, following a judgement delivered, labelling the party and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP as terrorist organizations.
Canadian court declares APC, PDP terrorist organisations
The Canadian court had reportedly upheld a ruling that classified APC and the PDP as terrorist organisations, while denying asylum to a former member, Douglas Egharevba, over his decade-long affiliation with both parties.
In a judgement delivered on June 17, 2025, Justice Ngo had dismissed Egharevba’s application for judicial review after the Immigration Appeal Division, IAD, found him inadmissible under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, IRPA.
According to a report by the Peoples Gazette, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness had argued that the APC and PDP were implicated in political violence, subversion of democracy and electoral bloodshed in Nigeria.
Reacting to the judgement in Abuja on Thursday, APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru said the APC is a credible democratic political organization and does not seek legitimacy from a foreign bench and under a law that has no extra territorial application.
“The presiding judge must be an ignoramus! We are not party to the suit and the court has no jurisdiction to determine the status of a Nigerian recognized political party not to talk of declaring it as a terrorist organisation,” he said.
He added; “It is unfortunate that some desperate and unpatriotic Nigerians will allow the name of the country to be brought to unpalatable commentary by racist judges on account of self contrived application for asylum.
“The so-called judgement was obviously delivered from a jaundiced perspective and within the narrow confines of determining eligibility for asylum by an applicant.
“The APC is a credible democratic political organisation and does not seek legitimacy from a foreign bench and under a law that has no extra territorial application.”
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