The National Reorganisational Committee Chairman of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Moses Yirimambo Ambing, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) can now have some confidence in the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Kpandai parliamentary dispute.
According to him, the verdict should serve as a reminder that Ghana’s judges are independent-minded and are not political or biased as has often been suggested by some political actors especially from the NPP.
Speaking on Joy Prime and monitored by NewsDesksGH on January 29, 2026, Moses Ambing described the 4–1 majority decision in favour of the New Patriotic Party as a victory for the rule of law.
Referencing previous accusations made against the judiciary, he recalled the reaction of the New Patriotic Party during earlier judicial controversies.
“Last year, when there was the removal of the Chief Justice, you saw how the NPP behaved, saying that the NDC wants to hijack the judiciary.”
Mr. Ambing said the Supreme Court’s decision reinforces his long-standing belief in the institutions independence.
“When these things happen I am so glad that after all our judges are not stooges as people think they are. They are not. For us in the CPP we’ve always believed that people are independent minded and we should always support our institutions.”
He criticised persistent attacks on the courts whenever political outcomes are unfavourable.
“Last year, it was hell in this country. The NPP kept on having press conference upon press conference telling us that the NDC is trying to pack the judiciary, they’re trying to do A, B and C. Saying if you take a case to court the NDC will always win. But here you go, you’ve won, you’re happy.”
Moses Ambing urged politicians to exercise restraint in their public commentary on judicial matters.
“Moving forward, let’s tread carefully as a nation sometimes the utterances from the political players are so bad. When decisions are made and it doesn’t go your way, then it means that the judge or the court is biased? No.”
He stressed that the ruling demonstrates the resilience of Ghana’s legal system.
“At the end of the day I’m happy rule of law has won and we should all not be saying that our learned judges, some of them 30 and 40 years at the bar and the bench, are biased or they’re political.”
He therefore called on Ghanaians to continue to trust the judiciary.
The comments follow the Supreme Court’s final verdict on January 28, 2026, in the long-running Kpandai parliamentary dispute, which reinstated Matthew Nyindam of the New Patriotic Party as the Member of Parliament.
In a 4–1 majority decision, the apex court quashed the November 2025 judgment of the Tamale High Court that had annulled the 2024 parliamentary election results.
The Supreme Court is expected to file its full reasoned judgment by February 6, 2026.
