Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Nigerian government says it rejects the alleged designation of Nigeria's two largest parties, APC and PDP, as terrorist organisations by a Canadian federal court.

The Canadian court gave the controversial ruling in a case involving Douglas Egharevba, a Nigerian who arrived in Canada in September 2017 and applied for refugee status.

Mr Evhareba applied for refugee status under the country's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which allows foreign nationals to seek protection if they fear persecution, torture, or risk to their life or safety in their home country.

Although there have been Nigerian media reports that the court declared APC and PDP as terrorist organisations, a review of the court judgement by P...