Supreme Court to hear challenge to annulment of Kpandai parliamentary election

The Supreme Court will today, Tuesday 16 December, hear an application contesting the Tamale High Court decision that nullified the results of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency.

The move is being spearheaded by sitting Kpandai MP Mathew Nyindam, who is asking the apex court to overturn the High Court ruling that set aside the 7 December 2024 poll.

Mr Nyindam argues that the Tamale High Court wrongly assumed jurisdiction over the matter and that the entire election petition, filed by his National Democratic Congress (NDC) challenger Daniel Nsala Wakpal, was fundamentally defective.

In his application for judicial review, the former MP contends that:

The petition itself was invalid,

The High Court acted outside its legal mandate, and

All proceedings flowing from the petition should be quashed.

The Tamale High Court had earlier annulled the Kpandai parliamentary result after upholding parts of Mr Wakpal’s challenge to the outcome.

Following that decision, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lodged an application for a stay of execution, seeking to prevent the Electoral Commission and the NDC from taking steps to enforce the annulment while the Supreme Court considers the case.

Today’s sitting is expected to determine whether the High Court’s judgment stands or is set aside, a decision that will have direct implications for representation in the Kpandai Constituency and for any planned rerun of the parliamentary election.