The Supreme Court has suspended the planned parliamentary election rerun in the Kpandai constituency and directed the legal team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Mathew Nyindam, to serve court processes on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate through substituted service.
The apex court issued the order on Tuesday after hearing an application filed by Mr Nyindam, the sitting Member of Parliament for Kpandai, who is challenging the decision of the Tamale High Court that annulled the December 7, 2024 parliamentary election in the constituency. The case has been adjourned to January 13, 2026, for further hearing.
Mr Nyindam is asking the Supreme Court to review and quash the High Court’s judgment, arguing that the court wrongly assumed jurisdiction in the election petition.
The petition was filed by the NDC’s parliamentary candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the outcome of the 2024 polls.
According to Mr Nyindam, the election petition was invalid from the onset and all proceedings arising from it ought to be set aside.
He contends that the High Court acted outside its legal mandate and committed fundamental errors that warrant the intervention of the Supreme Court through judicial review.
Following the High Court’s ruling annulling the election, the NPP filed an application for a stay of execution to prevent the Electoral Commission and the NDC from enforcing the decision, including the conduct of a rerun, pending the Supreme Court’s determination of the case.
The Supreme Court’s order effectively preserves the status quo while it considers the substantive legal issues raised in the application.
