A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to restore the three political parties that it deregistered in 2012.
The parties are the Peoples Redemption Party, the Peoples Progressive Party and the Better Nigeria Progressive Party.
The order was given by Justice Adeniyi Ademola.
Justice Ademole in his ruling said the parties were deregistered without getting fair hearing from INEC.
He also declared as unconstitutional, invalid, null and void the provisions of section 78(7) (ii) of the Electoral Act 2010, which INEC relied on to deregister the parties.