Kpandai Election: Bees Attack NDC Supporters in the Constituency, Kill Chief
- A bee attack tragically claimed the life of a chief during a National Democratic Congress campaign event in Kpandai
- Residents have speculated that a spiritual cause is behind the fatal bee attack on December 14, 2025
- Kpandai will have an election rerun on December 30, 2025, after a court overturned the results of the 2024 election
One person has been confirmed dead following a bee attack on supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kpandai District after a campaign programme.
Citi News reported that the deceased in the December 14 incident was a chief, who was riding a motorbike when he was attacked.
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The attack occurred shortly after the party concluded its campaign activities.
Some residents have attributed the incident to spiritual causes, describing it as a curse.
Investigations are ongoing to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.
The incident comes amid heightened political activity in Kpandai, where the Electoral Commission has scheduled a parliamentary election rerun for Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
NDC executive blames NPP for bee attack
Following the attack, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, claimed the attack was orchestrated by the New Patriotic Party.
3News reported that Gbande claimed the party brought some spiritualists from Niger, whom he claims were used to summon bees to disrupt an NDC meeting.
He further suggested that the alleged act was rooted in what he described as well-known spiritual practices in parts of northern Ghana.
“Where we come from, and in our towns, everyone knows bees are used for spiritual purposes. It is a totem. From Dangbe, Salaga, Bimbila, Yendi, Yelensi, Saboba, Chamba, Basare to Gonja, everyone knows what bees mean to us."
“This attack is on the hands of Matthew Nyindam and the NPP... Nothing is working for the NPP, so they have now resorted to using mallams.”
Why is the Kpandai election being rerun?
The rerun follows a judgment by the Tamale High Court on November 24, after an election petition.
The National Democratic Congress candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, sued to challenge the election of Nyindam as the Member of Parliament for the constituency.
The election petition argued that irregularities during the voting and collation processes affected the credibility of the outcome.
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Wakpal held that there were irregularities and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32 (7) and 39 (2) statement of polls for the office of Member of Parliament for 41 polling stations out of a total of 152 polling stations in the constituency.
Following the successful petition, the Minority criticised the Tamale High Court Judge, Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, for his handling of the Kpandai election petition, accusing him of bias.
Nyindam has a pending application at the Supreme Court seeking to annul the judgment that invalidated his 2024 election victory.
Nyindam favoured to win election
YEN.com.gh reported that early polls on the Kpandai election rerun have shown a tight race between the NPP and NDC candidates.
An initial survey conducted by Global InfoAnalytics indicated that the NPP's candidate, Matthew Nyindam, leads the poll by four points over his main contender, Daniel Nsala Wakpal of the NDC.
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