The Supreme Court (SC) has set January 28, 2026, to deliver its judgement on an application challenging the decision of a High Court in Tamale which ordered the re-run of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region.
In the meantime, the court has extended the injunction imposed on the Electoral Commission (EC) barring it from taking any steps to conduct the re-run of the election which was won by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Matthew Nyindam.
At the centre of the legal challenge is an allegation by Mr. Nyindam that the court’s decision to annul the election result and call for a fresh election is not grounded in law, as the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the matter in the first place.
His arguments before the apex court are anchored on the contention that the election petition was filed at the High Court outside the 21 days after the publication of the gazette prescribed by the Representation of the People Law, 1992 – PNDCL 284, as the case was filed before the High Court on January 25, 2025, while the election result had been gazetted on December 24, 2024.
The Supreme Court, by a unanimous decision on December 16, 2025, suspended the re-run of the Kpandai Constituency parliamentary election pending the determination of an application filed by Mr. Nyindam, challenging the decision of a High Court in Tamale which ordered the re-run.
This, according to the court, is to ensure that the court is not overreached by the re-run pending the application which it said discloses prima facie.
Moving the application yesterday, his lawyer, Gary Nimako Marfo argued that the High Court judge committed jurisdictional error of law when he assumed jurisdiction to entertain the parliamentary election petition filed by the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Daniel Nsala Wakpal outside the mandatory 21 days after the results had been gazetted.
He submitted that the petition filed by Mr. Wakpal was out of time and, therefore, the High Court judge ought to have satisfied himself that he had jurisdiction before assuming jurisdiction to hear that matter.
