The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpandai Constituency, Mathew Nyindam, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to quash the judgment of the High Court, Commercial Division in Tamale, which annulled his parliamentary election victory.
Nyindam, through his legal counsel, Gary Nimako Marfo, argues that the High Court erred in assuming jurisdiction over the petition filed by NDC candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the December 7, 2024, parliamentary election results in Kpandai.
The petition, filed on January 25, 2025, was submitted 32 days after the results were published in the Government Gazette on December 24, 2024, exceeding the 21-day statutory period prescribed under Section 18 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992 (P.N.D.C.L. 284). Nyindam contends that the delay rendered Wakpal’s petition invalid and that the High Court had no legal authority to entertain it.
“The Parliamentary Election Petition filed by the 1st Interested Party on 25th January 2025, in respect of the Parliamentary Election held at the Kpandai Constituency on 7th December 2024, was invalid and could not have properly invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court, Commercial Division, Tamale,” Nyindam’s affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court states.
The High Court ruling, delivered on November 24, 2025, had annulled the entire Kpandai election and ordered a rerun within 30 days. Nyindam is now seeking a judicial review in the nature of certiorari to quash the judgment, as well as all processes and proceedings emanating from the allegedly invalid petition.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear the matter on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Nyindam’s legal team argues that the case raises a fundamental issue of jurisdiction, asserting that the High Court’s decision, if allowed to stand, would undermine the administration of justice and the statutory limits governing election petitions.
The Kpandai parliamentary election saw Nyindam, representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP), declared winner with 27,947 votes (53.47%) against Wakpal of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who garnered 24,213 votes (46.33%).
