Matthew Nyindam, the sitting Member of Parliament for Kpandai, has filed both a notice of appeal and an application for a stay of execution against the Tamale High Court’s decision ordering a rerun of the parliamentary elections in the constituency.
The High Court had directed that a fresh election be held within 30 days, citing procedural irregularities at the collation centre during the original poll.
The ruling, which favoured NDC candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal, concluded that the breaches undermined his right to fully participate in the electoral process.
By lodging his appeal, Mr. Nyindam aims to overturn the court’s decision and suspend the rerun until the outcome of the appeal is determined.
Meanwhile, reacting to the verdict, the NDC’s Deputy Director of Elections, Rashid Tanko, popularly known as Computer, expressed profound gratitude to the court for “giving the people of Kpandai justice.”
According to him, the judgment confirms the NDC’s long-standing position that certain electoral officers attempted to manipulate the will of the people.
“We have said it several times that some crooked electoral officers are bent on stealing the people’s mandate, and today one of them has been fully exposed,” he stated.
Rashid Tanko asserted that the Kpandai seat rightfully belonged to the NDC in the 2024 elections but was “rigged through fraudulent collusion.” He accused both compromised officers and their political collaborators of orchestrating an outcome that did not reflect the true votes.
He cited the provisions of CI 127, particularly Regulation 43 (1A–H), which outlines the proper procedure for collating parliamentary results.
“Collation is done using Forms 1C and 1D, you assemble all polling station results on Form 1C, transfer them to Form 1D, and then declare. But this was never done. They simply gathered themselves, ran to Tamale, cooked results, and announced a fake MP,” he alleged.
Tanko emphasized that the NDC chose the lawful route to reclaim what he described as a stolen mandate.
