Incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Kpandai Constituency, Mathew Nyindam, has dragged the matter of his annulled 2024 parliamentary election victory to the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a Tamale High Court decision that ordered a rerun.
Mr Nyindam, through his lawyers, filed an application for judicial review in the nature of certiorari, asking the apex court to quash the High Court’s November 24, 2025 judgement in its entirety on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction from the outset.
His application according to a report by Myjoyonline, argues that the original election petition filed by his National Democratic Congress (NDC) opponent, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, was filed outside the statutory 21-day window prescribed by law.
The Electoral Commission published the official results of the Kpandai parliamentary election in the Government Gazette on December 24, 2024.
Section 18 of the Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284) requires any parliamentary election petition to be filed within 21 days after the date of gazette publication.
Mr Wakpal’s petition, the MP argued, was filed at the Tamale High Court on January 25, 2025 – exactly 32 days after gazetting, rendering it 11 days late.
“The petition was invalid ab initio and could not properly invoke the jurisdiction of the High Court,” lead counsel for Mr Nyindam, Gary Nimako Marfo, argued in the Supreme Court application.
The High Court had, notwithstanding the timing issue, proceeded to hear the petition on its merits, annulled Mr Nyindam’s victory, and directed the Electoral Commission to organise a fresh election within 30 days.
Mr Nyindam contends that upholding the High Court’s decision would amount to a grave miscarriage of justice and undermine the strict timelines set by Parliament for resolving electoral disputes.
The Supreme Court has fixed Tuesday, December 16, 2025, to hear arguments on the jurisdictional challenge.