The Supreme Court has, by a four-to-one (4–1) majority decision, quashed the judgment of the High Court, Commercial Division, Tamale, which nullified the results of the 2024 Parliamentary Election in the Kpandai Constituency.
In its ruling delivered on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the apex court also set aside all consequential orders arising from the High Court’s decision, including the directive ordering the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a parliamentary election rerun in the constituency.
The five-member panel, presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, held that the High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the election petition filed by the defeated National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, as the petition was presented outside the mandatory statutory time frame.
Consequently, the Supreme Court, by a majority decision with Justice Pwamang dissenting, granted the judicial review application filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Kpandai Constituency, Matthew Nyindam, thereby quashing the High Court’s judgment which had been entered in favour of the NDC candidate.
Justice Pwamang, who dissented from the majority decision, indicated that the full reasons for both the majority and minority opinions, authored by Justices Amadu Tanko, Emmanuel Yonni Kulendi, Samuel Asiedu, and Henry Anthony Kwofie, would be made available by February 6, 2026.
The Supreme Court’s decision effectively brings an end to the election dispute and upholds the election of the NPP’s Matthew Nyindam as the duly elected Member of Parliament for the Kpandai Constituency.
The NPP MP was represented in the matter by a legal team led by Frank Davies, with Gary Nimako Marfo, Shadrack Obeng-Yeboah, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Budu, Kow Abaka Essuman, and Nana Baafi Yeboah as members of the team.
By: Ekow Annan/newsalertgh.com
