The Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of the planned parliamentary election rerun in the Kpandai constituency and directed the legal team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Mathew Nyindam, to serve court processes on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate through substituted service.
The apex court issued the order on Tuesday after hearing an application filed by Mr Nyindam, who is challenging the decision of the Tamale High Court that annulled the December 7, 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency. The court subsequently adjourned the matter to January 13, 2026, for further hearing.
Mr Nyindam, the sitting Member of Parliament for Kpandai, is asking the Supreme Court to review and quash the High Court’s judgment, arguing that the court wrongly assumed jurisdiction in the election petition. The petition at the High Court was filed by the NDC’s parliamentary candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the outcome of the 2024 polls.
According to Mr Nyindam, the election petition was invalid from the onset and all proceedings arising from it ought to be set aside. He contends that the High Court acted outside its legal mandate and committed fundamental errors that justify the intervention of the Supreme Court through judicial review.
Following the High Court’s ruling annulling the election, the NPP filed an application for a stay of execution, seeking to halt any steps by the Electoral Commission and the NDC to enforce the decision, including the conduct of a rerun, pending the determination of the case by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s decision to suspend the rerun preserves the status quo while it considers the substantive issues raised in the application.