Supreme Court halts Kpandai election rerun pending final ruling

Ghana’s Supreme Court has ordered an immediate suspension of the planned parliamentary election rerun in the Kpandai constituency, putting the Electoral Commission’s preparations on hold while it considers a challenge from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Matthew Nyindam.

The court, sitting on Tuesday, also directed Nyindam’s legal team to serve the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, with the court processes by substituted service, rather than personal service.

The case has been adjourned to 13 January 2026 for further hearing.

Nyindam, who was declared MP after the 7 December 2024 polls, is asking the apex court to review and overturn the Tamale High Court’s decision which nullified the constituency’s parliamentary results and ordered a rerun.

He argues that the High Court wrongly assumed jurisdiction over the election petition and that the entire process, initiated by Wakpal, was fundamentally invalid and should be struck out along with all consequential proceedings.

In his application, Nyindam contends that the Tamale High Court acted outside its lawful mandate and committed serious legal errors, warranting the intervention of the Supreme Court through judicial review.

Following the High Court’s nullification of the results, the NPP filed for a stay of execution to prevent the Electoral Commission and the NDC from enforcing the decision, including the conduct of any rerun, until the Supreme Court had pronounced on the matter.

By suspending the rerun, the Supreme Court has effectively preserved the status quo in Kpandai while it considers the substantive legal questions raised in Nyindam’s application.