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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has fired back at a Canadian court for declaring it and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as terrorist organisations.
It described the claim as “misinformed, biased, and lacking evidence,” urging that it be dismissed outright.
In the same vein, former Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Olufemi Soneye, decried the dangerous precedent the court verdict sets.
Soneye said it was a political earthquake with consequences that could reverberate far beyond Canada’s borders, warning that if democratic nations do not push back on this kind of overreach, they may one day find their own politics on trial in a foreign court.
DAILY POST reports that a Federal Court of Canada upheld a ruling that classified Nigeria’s APC and PDP as terrorist organisations, while denying asylum to a former member, Douglas Egharevba, over his decade-long affiliation with both parties.
Justice Phuong Ngo, in a judgment delivered on June 17, 2025, 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).
Responding, PDP Deputy National Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, said Nigeria and Canada are both democracies.
“And I’m sure those who make such statements enjoy their right to freedom of speech. But again, when having freedom of speech, one should be circumspect about unguarded and unnecessary statements.
“There’s nothing to show, there’s nothing on text to show that even the malfunctioning APC is a terrorist organisation or the PDP, which is a credible institution.
“If they wanted to say that some individuals in the government, particularly the APC government, have traces to terrorism, like we all are aware where the last Boko Haram leader was caught in one of the prominent members of this government’s apartment house, they will have a case,” he said.
