Kpandai MP Files Appeal After High Court Nullified 2024 Election
The Member of Parliament for Kpandai Constituency, Matthew Nyindam, has filed an appeal against a Tamale High Court ruling that nullified his election in December 2024.
He also filed a stay of execution to suspend the directive to have a fresh election organised within 30 days.
He characterised the petition as frivolous while addressing the media on Monday, and confirmed that the appeal was ready before the final ruling and was filed right at 10 am on November 24.
“In the heat up to the trial, we heard of several things, and we didn’t take them for granted. We believe that the petition was frivolous, but the court has decided otherwise, so we respect the decision of the court.
“But we strongly disagree with the judgment, and we have already shown our disagreement by filing a competent notice of appeal, and we’ve added a motion for stay of execution…As a lawyer, if you are accepting information that judgment will be compromised, you prepare. So you come for the judgment with a notice of appeal in your pocket, and that was exactly what I did.”
According to him, the petitioner had been served by a bailiff.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, filed a petition claiming the December 7, 2024, election was marred by serious irregularities.
He pointed out inconsistencies in Form 8A (the “pink sheet”) from 41 out of 152 polling stations, citing breaches of Regulations 39 and 43 of the Public Elections Regulations (CI 127).
The court ruled that these irregularities compromised the election’s integrity and ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a rerun of the parliamentary election in the entire constituency.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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