The Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Tamale High Court ruling that nullified the entire 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency, describing it as an “Animal Farm judgment” and declaring readiness to face imprisonment rather than accept what they call judicial tyranny.
Addressing a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin said the caucus was prepared to pay any price, including jail time, to defend democratic legitimacy.
“We will not mince words. They can conspire to call us one by one for so-called contempt of court. We are criticising their shameful conduct. We are not afraid. We are ready to be in Nsawam for their so-called contempt. The world will see their disgraceful conduct,” Afenyo-Markin said.
He insisted that Kpandai MP Matthew Nyindam remains the legitimate representative of the people despite the court order for a full rerun.
“To the people of Kpandai: your Member of Parliament, Matthew Nyindam, remains the sitting Member of Parliament for the Kpandai Constituency. He remains a full Member of Parliament. No person, no institution, and certainly no flawed judicial order can suspend the mandate you freely and lawfully conferred upon him unless and until the appellate process, properly invoked and fully exhausted, runs its lawful course,” he told the people of Kpandai directly.
Afenyo-Markin accused Justice Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew of the Tamale High Court of engaging in “judicial carpet-bombing” after the judge, on Monday, November 24, 2025, ordered a complete rerun of the election in all 152 polling stations within 30 days, far beyond the limited rerun in 41 polling stations originally sought by the petitioner.
“What kind of kangaroo judicial system are we having now in Ghana? The judiciary must know that their actions and indeed inactions to serve the interest of whoever their paymaster is, has the tendency of destroying our peaceful Republic,” he charged.
He further alleged prior knowledge of the outcome by NDC supporters.
“The sad part of it is that the NDC candidate and his supporters were aware of the judgment before the day, to the extent that on the day of the said judgment the Regional Minister led a team of NDC party faithful into the courtroom anticipating the expected result,” he said.
The Minority Leader described the absence of a written judgment as unprecedented and reckless.
“This order, an order with massive political, legal, and democratic consequences, was pronounced without the court’s full judgment. There were no written reasons, no factual findings, no legal analysis — just a naked directive issued into the public domain,” he stated.
Citing his own experience as a lawyer, he argued that the ruling violated established precedents.
“I am a practising lawyer of experience at the Bar. I understand that courts occasionally deliver rulings with reasons to follow, but such practice is the exception, not the rule, and it is never an acceptable approach when the stakes are this high — when a parliamentary seat hangs in the balance, when constitutional rights are imperilled, and when the votes of thousands of citizens face annulment,” the Minority Leader said.
Afenyo-Markin accused the court of abusing the narrow exception laid down in the Supreme Court case Kojokrom v. Ghana Water Company Limited and Another, stating: “The High Court order is not a principled application of the Kojokrom doctrine or any other known doctrine. It is a brazen abuse of it.”
He stressed that no evidence had been led on the 111 uncontested polling stations and that the blanket nullification of results for the entire constituency is an assault on Article 42 and the sovereignty of the innocent voters in the unaffected 111 polling stations.
He described the ruling of the court as a dangerous precedent, warning that it will embolden political mischief-makers to benefit from political anarchy.
He announced the Minority’s full weight behind Matthew Nyindam’s appeal and application for stay of execution, vowing to escalate the matter to the Supreme Court if necessary.
“Your votes matter, your voice matters. Your MP remains at post. Do not be discouraged. Do not be shaken. Do not allow this temporary turbulence to diminish your faith in the democratic process. The law will vindicate the truth, and the truth will vindicate your voice,” he addressed the people of Kpandai.