BREAKING: Supreme Court to rule on Kpandai election rerun on January 28

The Supreme Court of Ghana has set Wednesday, January 28, 2026, to deliver its ruling on an application challenging the annulment of the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency.

The date was announced during court proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. The application before the court was filed by Matthew Nyindam, the current Member of Parliament for Kpandai, following a High Court decision that nullified the election and ordered a rerun.

Mr Nyindam is seeking to overturn a ruling delivered by the High Court in Tamale on November 24, 2025. In that decision, the High Court annulled the entire Kpandai parliamentary election and directed that a fresh poll be conducted within 30 days.

The election petition at the centre of the dispute was filed by Daniel Nsala Wakpal, the National Democratic Congress candidate in the 2024 contest. He challenged the validity of the election results, leading to the High Court’s intervention.

Arguing on behalf of the sitting MP, lawyer Gary Nimako Marfo told the Supreme Court that the High Court, Commercial Division in Tamale, wrongly assumed jurisdiction over the matter. He argued that the parliamentary election petition filed on January 25, 2025, was defective and therefore incapable of properly invoking the court’s jurisdiction.

According to the argument presented, the High Court’s decision to annul the election was legally flawed because the petition itself was invalid. The application before the Supreme Court is asking the apex court to quash the High Court ruling on that basis.Following the High Court’s decision, the Electoral Commission began preparations to conduct a rerun of the election, which was scheduled for December 30, 2025. However, those preparations were halted after the Supreme Court ordered the EC to suspend all activities related to the rerun pending the final determination of the case.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on January 28 is expected to determine whether the annulment and proposed rerun will stand, or whether the original election results will be restored. Until then, the Electoral Commission remains barred from taking further steps toward a fresh poll in the constituency.

The court has not indicated how long the ruling may take to be delivered on the scheduled date. All issues raised remain subject to the Supreme Court’s final determination.