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Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament(MP) for South Dayi and Majority Chief Whip, has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to presume that the legal dispute regarding the Kpandai parliamentary seat is resolved.
This comes after a Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the election of the party’s nominee, Matthew Nyindam.
In response to the ruling, Mr. Dafeamekpor emphasized that the issue is still ongoing and that additional legal actions could be pursued once the complete court judgment is officially filed.
“The NPP shouldn’t think that it is over. It is not over,” Dafeamakpor said.
“As a party, we are grieved by this decision, and therefore we would advise our candidate in the matter regarding the next step to take. But the court is a court of equity and of law.
We should be interested in the gazette notification published by the Assembly Press under the authority of the Electoral Commission that was brought to Parliament, from which people like me were sworn in. That cannot be a gazette that will be discounted by the court, because it is a public document,”
We are law-abiding, and we want to urge our teeming supporters both here and in Kpandai to remain calm. This is not the end,” he stated.
The Supreme Court has overturned the High Court’s ruling in Tamale that annulled the 2024 parliamentary election results for the Kpandai Constituency in the Northern Region.
The decision was made by a four-to-one majority, with Justice Gabriel Pwamang in dissent.
The Supreme Court thus nullified the High Court’s judgment in Tamale dated November 24, 2025, along with all related actions and orders stemming from that ruling.
This indicates that the candidate from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Matthew Nyindam, retains his seat, and there will not be a by-election as previously stated by the Electoral Commission (EC) after the Speaker of Parliament declared the seat vacant due to the Tamale High Court ruling.
The panel of the Supreme Court was created by Justices Amadu Tanko, Yonny Kulendi, Samuel Asiedu, Henry Anthony Kwofie, and Gabriel Pwamang.
The Supreme Court announced that the complete justifications for both the majority and minority opinions would be submitted to the court’s registry on February 6, 2026.
The High Court in Tamale previously invalidated the parliamentary election results for the Kpandai Constituency and mandated a new election.
After the High Court’s ruling, the Electoral Commission revealed plans for a by-election following the Speaker of Parliament’s announcement that the Kpandai seat was vacant.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
