Clerk to Parliament notifies EC Chairperson over vacant Kpandai seat

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Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Clerk to Parliament, has formally notified the Electoral Commission (EC) of a vacancy in the membership of Parliament for the Kpandai Constituency.

This follows the High Court ordering a re-run of the 2024 Parliamentary Elections in that area within 30 days.

It will be recalled that the Tamale High Court, on November 24, 2025, ordered the rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days.

According to the High Court, the Electoral Commission has within 30 days from today to conduct the rerun.

His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange made this declaration following the legal challenge of the 2024 parliamentary election by the former Member of Parliament (MP) and the NDC, Daniel Nsala Wakpal.

The Parliamentary Service formally notified the Electoral Commission on 4th December 2025, which initiated the administrative process required to organise a re-run to fill the vacant seat.

The Clerk to Parliament letter was addressed to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa.

According to the Clerk to Parliament the action was taken “In exercise of the power conferred and the duty imposed on the Clerk to Parliament by Article 112(5) of the 1992 Constitution, I hereby formally notify you of the occurrence of a vacancy in the membership of Parliament, occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a rerun of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections, given on November 24, 2025.”

“Occasioned by the Order of the High Court, Tamale, for a re-run of the Kpandai Parliamentary Elections, given on the 24th day of November, 2025”.

Meanwhile, Rockson Dafeamekpor, the Majority Chief Whip, has told the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to prepare for the re-run of the Kpandai Parliamentary election.

Dafeamekpor boldly told the NPP, the battleground is in Kpandai, not in the foyer of Parliament.

According to him, the NDC are already in Kpandai campaigning, adding that the NPP won’t campaign but when they lose will come and blame innocent people.

Addressing journalists in Parliament on November 28, 2025, Dafeamekpor stated, “We are here to set the record straight that they lost the matter, and they are dazed. The battleground is in Kpandai, not in the foyer of Parliament. The job is on the ground. We, the NDC, are on the ground. We are working”.

“As we speak, the NDC is working. We are in Kpandai. We are campaigning. They won’t come and campaign, and when they lose, they blame innocent people,” he added.

However, Yussif Danjumah, the Northern Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said his party will defeat the National Democratic Congress (NDC) hand down if the party decides to contest in Kpandai re-run.

He revealed that the NPP is unbothered by the ongoing campaign activities by the NDC following the High Court ruling.

Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday, November 28, Danjumah stated, “NPP will beat NDC hands down if we decide to contest in the re-run of the Kpandai election. NPP will take part in the Kpandai re-election, and we’re not afraid at all. We will reclaim the seat.  We’re challenging the ruling; this is very unfair”.

“NDC is campaigning because they know they lost the election, and these are the shenanigans we’re talking about. How did they know they were going to get a favourable judgment? He asked.

He added, “They started jubilating even before the judge delivered his ruling. That is completely unfair. We’re not perturbed about the NDC’s campaign. Even if we’re to use one week to compete with NDC and win, we will do that”.

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