The claim

An X post under the disguise of The African Democratic Congress (ADC) with user name, @ADC News has claimed that a Canadian court watched a video of Lagos transport union figure Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) “threatening to kill Igbos” if they did not vote for APC’s Babajide Sanwo-Olu before the 2023 governorship election, and therefore banned him for life” from Canada. The post which has gathered over 150k reactions read;

“MC Oluomo threatening to kill Igbos in Lagos if they did not vote for APC..

Canada saw this video and banned him for life.

Nigeria called this video a joke but arrested Nnamdi Kanu for the same type of speech,”  the post read, with a video attached to it. Watch it here.

The same rumour bundle also wrongly alleges that the court declared Nigeria’s ruling APC a “terrorist organisation”.

Verdict — False

There is no Canadian court ruling that bans MC Oluomo “for life”, and the judgment being cited did not concern him at all. The decision, Egharevba v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (17 June 2025), dealt with the inadmissibility of an unrelated Nigerian applicant and did not declare the APC a terrorist organisation.

The judge expressly declined to analyse terrorism findings after upholding a separate “subversion” ground, and MC Oluomo is not a party or subject in the case.

What the Canadian case actually decided

The Federal Court dismissed an application from Douglas Egharevba, upholding an immigration tribunal’s finding of inadmissibility for subversion related to Nigeria’s electoral process.

The court did not make a terrorism finding (“I will therefore refrain from analysing the IAD’s findings on terrorism) and did not mention MC Oluomo.

No court-ordered “lifetime bans” in this context

In Canada, admissibility to enter/remain is handled by immigration officials, the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), and enforcement by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Courts review decisions; they do not ordinarily issue blanket, public “lifetime bans” on foreign nationals. If someone is removed under a deportation order, they are barred from returning unless they receive authorisation to return (ARC) from immigration authorities, which is an administrative process, not a court punishment.

APC was not declared a terrorist organisation

The rumour that the court labelled the APC a terrorist group is wrong, The judgment mentions “APC” only once in a background summary from the applicant’s own form; the court made no determination about the APC and explicitly avoided the terrorism issue after deciding the case on subversion. An explainer by The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reached the same conclusion.

The APC’s uploaded press statement makes these points and quotes the “refrain from analysing terrorism” line from the ruling.

About the MC Oluomo video

A campaign-period clip (March 2023) shows MC Oluomo telling voters who would not support the APC to “stay at home”, which drew public criticism and a police inquiry; Lagos Police later described his comment as a “joke”, a stance that itself attracted backlash. None of the Canadian court documents uses the video or refers to MC Oluomo.

Context and corrections

Conflated rumours: The online posts conflate (1) a Canadian immigration case about a different Nigerian and (2) domestic controversy around MC Oluomo’s 2023 remarks. They are unrelated.

How bans actually work in Canada:

Entry refusal bans stem from administrative inadmissibility rules under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, enforced by CBSA/IRCC and reviewable by the IRB and courts. A deportation order bars return unless special permission is granted; it’s not a judge-issued, named lifetime ban.

APC timeline note: 

The judgment’s background references the applicant claiming APC membership since 2007, but the APC did not exist then; it was formed by merger in 2013 and registered by INEC on 31 July 2013. That inconsistency is in the applicant’s form, not a court finding.

Verdict: FALSE -MISLEADING

There is no evidence in the Canadian court record or credible official sources of any court-ordered lifetime ban on MC Oluomo.

The Federal Court ruling cited by viral posts concerns another individual and did not label the APC a terrorist organisation, nor did it rely on any MC Oluomo video. The claim is False