The Minority Leader and Effutu MP Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has declared that Kpandai MP Matthew Nyindam remains the legitimate Member of Parliament for the constituency and will continue to sit and vote in Parliament despite a Tamale High Court order for a full re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election.
Addressing the press in Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Afenyo-Markin described the High Court ruling delivered on Monday, November 24, 2025, by Justice Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew as “breathtaking in its reach and alarming in its implications,” accusing the court of judicial overreach and setting a dangerous precedent.
“The Minority will lawfully resist any attempt, whether subtle or brazen, to bar him from representing his people. We will not permit democratic legitimacy to be overturned by judicial improvisation,” the Minority Leader stated.
The Minority Leader noted that the court nullified the entire election in all 152 polling stations and ordered a fresh election within 30 days, even though the original petition filed by the NDC candidate challenged results in only 41 polling stations and specifically sought re-runs in those stations alone.
Afenyo-Markin said the court pronounced its far-reaching order without delivering a full written judgment, providing no reasons, factual findings, or legal analysis, a move he called “judicial irresponsibility of the highest order.”
He argued that the ruling violated established legal principles, including the Supreme Court decision in Kojo Baah v Ghana Water Company Ltd & Another, which allows courts to grant relief not specifically sought only in narrowly circumscribed circumstances, conditions he said were completely absent in the Kpandai case.
The Minority Leader further contended that the wholesale annulment constituted an assault on Article 42 of the 1992 Constitution, disenfranchising thousands of voters in 111 polling stations where no irregularities were ever alleged or proven.
“This is not substantial justice. This is substantial injustice, a textbook case of judicial overreach masquerading as equity,” he charged.
Afenyo-Markin warned that the precedent incentivises electoral sabotage, sending a message that creating confusion in a few polling stations could be rewarded with a full constituency re-run.
He announced the Minority’s full support for Matthew Nyindam’s intended appeal and application for stay of execution, adding that if the decision is deemed flagrantly unconstitutional, the caucus would back further litigation up to the Supreme Court.
Speaking directly to the people of Kpandai, the Minority Leader reassured them that the truth will eventually be vindicated by law.
“Your votes matter. Your voice matters. Your MP remains at his post. Do not be discouraged. Do not be shaken… The law will vindicate the truth, and the truth will vindicate your choice,” he said.
Afenyo-Markin concluded by vowing that the Minority would challenge the ruling through every lawful avenue and defeat it “not through force, not through intimidation, but by law, by Constitution, and by truth.”
Matthew Nyindam of the New Patriotic Party was declared winner of the Kpandai seat in the December 7, 2024, parliamentary election.
However, the Tamale High Court on Monday ruled in favour of a petition filed by the NDC candidate, Daniel Nsala Walpole.