Kpandai Member of Parliament Mathew Nyindam has rejected claims of electoral malpractice, insisting the election was fairnand that he secured a clean victory.
According to him, the issues raised do not amount to infractions that should overturn the will of the people.
Speaking on Joy News and monitored by NewsDesksGH on November 26, he said while they case was still in court about 2 weeks ago, NDC persons had been discussing the possibility of a by-election.
“If you ask anybody in Kpandai they’ll tell you that the NDC, they were moving around telling people that there’s going to be by-election,” he said.
He questioned how members of the opposition knew the judgement going to be given ahead of time.
“When we got to court, exactly what you said is what has been displayed by the judge.”
Addressing claims of irregularities in 42 polling stations, he dismissed suggestions that the patterns amounted to wrongdoing.
“How will someone vote for presidential and not vote for parliamentary and then you say that it is an infraction?” he questioned.
He further argued that issues raised about pink sheets did not constitute breaches.
“Why will you then say that I have a pink sheet and on that pink sheet if my total votes were not recorded as a duplicate, because the EC has the original pink sheet and we are given duplicates,” he said.
“So if on your duplicate total votes were not recorded, is it an infraction?”
Mr. Nyindam insisted he won the contest convincingly.
“I won that election with 3,734. There is no rigging. Nothing went on. The people of Kpandai voted for me.”
He referenced his 2020 defeat to emphasise that he has never abused state power in the constituency.
“We were hard pressed for seats. I lost that seat although I was a leader in Parliament, I lost that seat to him by 2,072. I never used the state powers to coerce and to force the will of the people in Kpandai.”
He added that his lawyers have filed an appeal and described the situation as “very sad.”
The Tamale High Court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, nullified the parliamentary results of the Kpandai Constituency and ordered a rerun within 30 days.
The NDC’s candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, petitioned the court citing inconsistencies in 41 of the 152 polling stations and violations of the Public Elections Regulations (C.I. 127) during voting and collation.
