 Ahead of the 2023 elections, a federal high court sitting in Port Hackett has nullified all primary elections conducted by the all-progressive Congress, the APC, in River State over the unlawful exclusion of some party members as delegates to the primaries. Justice E.A. O'Billy made the declaration in a judgment he delivered over a case instituted by one judge, O'Lew, and for others, as plaintiffs against Rivers' APC. Requesting nullification of the primaries of APC and Rivers for alleged exclusion in the process. The judge agreed with the plaintiffs that they were wrongly excluded in the elections to participate in the party primaries, ruling that primaries nullified, and all those elected consequently not recognized as candidates for the coming elections dissatisfied with the judgment. The spokesman for Rivers' APC, Darlington Moujou, said the appellate court shall treat the matter dispassionately and deliver justice because it is not an action against the primaries of their party, but an attempt at challenging the composition of their delegates' lists.