Kpandai MP Drags High Court Ruling to Supreme Court, Says Rerun Order Is Void

The Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam, has invoked the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to challenge a ruling by the Tamale High Court that nullified his 2024 parliamentary victory and directed a rerun of the election.

Mr. Nyindam, through his counsel, Gary Nimako Marfo, has filed a certiorari application asking the apex court to set aside what he describes as a jurisdictional error committed by the High Court when it entertained an out-of-time petition.

Petition Filed Out of Time – Nyindam Argues

The move follows an election petition lodged by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who disputed the declared results of the December 7, 2024 parliamentary contest.

But according to the MP’s affidavit, the petition was filed on January 25, 2025, a full 32 days after the Electoral Commission gazetted the outcome on December 24, 2024.

This, he argues, blatantly violates the 21-day deadline set under Section 18 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284).

Mr. Nyindam insists that because the petition was filed late, it was “legally incompetent” and could not have activated the jurisdiction of the High Court in the first place.

High Court Overstepped Its Powers?

Despite what the MP describes as a fatal procedural breach, the High Court proceeded to hear the matter and eventually overturned the entire Kpandai parliamentary election on November 24, 2025. The court further ordered the Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh poll within 30 days.

Mr. Nyindam’s legal team says this amounts to a fundamental error that threatens the strict timelines governing election adjudication in Ghana.

Supreme Court to Hear Case December 16

The Supreme Court is scheduled to sit on the application on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, where the MP will seek to have the High Court’s ruling and all related proceedings struck out.

At the December 2024 general elections, Mr. Nyindam, running on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was declared winner with 27,947 votes (53.47%), while the NDC’s Daniel Nsala Wakpal secured 24,213 votes (46.33%).