The Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticised the Tamale High Court’s decision to nullify the 2024 parliamentary election results in the Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region, describing the ruling as unsupported by the facts presented in court.
In a statement issued on Sunday, 24th November 2025 and signed by Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Caucus insisted that the election was transparent, the results credible, and the declaration by the Electoral Commission (EC) accurately reflected the will of the voters.
According to the statement, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mathew Nyindam, defeated his National Democratic Congress (NDC) rival, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, by a margin of 3,734 votes. Nyindam polled 27,947 votes while Nsala obtained 24,213 votes.
The Minority recounted that after the NDC secured the presidential results in the constituency, supporters of the NDC parliamentary candidate, wearing party T-shirts and riding in a Mahindra pickup, stormed the collation centre and damaged some ballot boxes in an attempt to disrupt the process. They allegedly believed the EC would be unable to produce the necessary pink sheets to complete the declaration.
Due to the ensuing tension and security concerns, the EC relocated the final collation and declaration to its regional office in Tamale. The statement emphasised that NDC agents had already signed the pink sheets at all 152 polling stations, confirming the accuracy of the results at the polling station level.
Despite being invited, Nsala Wakpal reportedly refused to attend the final collation in Tamale. The EC proceeded and declared Mathew Nyindam as the duly elected Member of Parliament.
The NDC candidate subsequently petitioned the High Court, arguing primarily on his absence from the Tamale collation and citing clerical errors in 41 polling stations.
However, the Minority pointed out that the petitioner’s own main witness admitted that the total votes in contention amounted to only about 500. The Caucus emphasized that even if all 500 disputed votes were awarded to the NDC candidate, Nyindam would still have won by over 3,000 votes.
“The facts did not support the ruling,” the Minority Caucus stated, adding that a notice of appeal and an application for stay of execution have already been filed.
The Caucus reiterated its commitment to the rule of law and expressed confidence that the appellate process will uphold the democratic choice of the people of Kpandai.