The Supreme Court has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend all preparations for the planned parliamentary rerun in the Kpandai Constituency pending the determination of legal processes challenging a High Court ruling.
The order was issued on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, during a hearing where lawyers for New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP Matthew Nyindam sought a review to quash the Tamale High Court’s decision that annulled his 2024 election victory.
Nyindam’s legal team informed the court that they had been unable to serve the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, with court processes. The Supreme Court granted an order for substituted service and adjourned the matter to January 13, 2026, for further hearing.
The development halts the EC’s scheduled rerun set for December 30, 2025. The Commission had announced the date in a press release on December 10, following the Tamale High Court’s November 24, 2025, ruling that ordered a fresh election within 30 days due to irregularities in voting and collation processes.
The High Court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, found that inconsistencies in pink sheets (Form 8A) from 41 out of 152 polling stations undermined the credibility of the entire election outcome.
Wakpal, the NDC petitioner and former MP, had argued that the December 7, 2024, parliamentary election was invalid due to non-compliance with Regulations 39 and 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I. 127), which affected the results.
Nyindam, who was declared winner with 27,947 votes against Wakpal’s 24,213, contends that the High Court wrongly assumed jurisdiction over the petition.
The Supreme Court’s intervention follows appeals and applications for stay of execution filed by Nyindam’s team, amid ongoing political tensions over the constituency’s representation in Parliament.