Kpandai Election Dispute: Supreme Court Matthew Nyindam's Appeal Today
- Matthew Nyindam has filed an application at the Supreme Court to overturn the annulment of the 2024 Kpandai parliamentary election
- The case, scheduled for hearing on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, challenges the Tamale High Court’s jurisdiction over the election petition
- Nyindam appeared at the Supreme Court in Accra with top New Patriotic Party figures, including Dominic Nitiwul and Sammy Awuku
The Supreme Court is set to hear an application by Member of Parliament Matthew Nyindam, seeking to overturn the decision of the Tamale High Court that annulled the 2024 Kpandai parliamentary election.
In the application, set to be heard on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the embattled MP argued, argues that the High Court erred in assuming jurisdiction over the election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal.
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Matthew Nyindam arrived at the Supreme Court in Accra in the company of some leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
A video shared on Facebook by Joy News showed former Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, the MP for Akuapim North, Sammy Awuku, and other parliamentarians in the team accompanying the now-disputed Kpandai MP to the court.
Watch the Facebook video below:
Dispute over Kpandai election results
The dispute over the Kpandai parliamentary election started after Nyindam was declared as winner in 2024.
Dissatisfied with the outcome, the NDC candidate, Nsala Wakpal, filed a petition at the Tamale High Court, challenging the results.
In the petition, the ruling party politician argued that the election was fraught with irregularities, citing inconsistencies in the pink sheets, particularly Form 8A from 41 out of 152 polling stations.
Consequently, he asked the court to nullify the election and order a rerun.
After months of litigation, the Tamale High Court upheld the petition and ordered a rerun of the entire election in Kpandai.
Following this, the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, informed the Electoral Commission, chaired by Jean Mensa, of the parliamentary vacancy in the constituency.
However, Nyindam has filed a series of legal actions, including an appeal at the Supreme Court, in a bid to hold on to the Kpandai seat.
Upon the delivery of the Tamale High Court judgment, he ordered his lawyers to file an appeal at the Supreme Court.
Apart from this, the embattled MP has also filed for a stay of execution on the orders of the Tamale High Court until the appeal is heard.
Both cases, however, are yet to be heard by any of the courts.
Meanwhile, the EC has set December 30, 2025, as the date for the Kpandai parliamentary election rerun.
The outcome of the case on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, will determine whether the scheduled election rerun will happen or not.
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KT Hammond rules out rerun in Kpandai
YEN.com.gh also reported that former MP for Adansi-Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, claimed that the planned Kpandai parliamentary rerun would not happen despite EC setting the date.
He argued the NPP had filed an appeal and a stay of execution at the Supreme Court over the Tamale High Court ruling, as Matthew Nyindam seeks to retain his hold over the region of Ghana.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
