Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has declared that Matthew Nyindam, the Kpandai Member of Parliament, remains an active MP despite the Tamale High Court’s annulment.
According to Speaker Bagbin, though the high court invalidates the earlier declaration of Matthew Nyindam as MP, it cannot take immediate action.
He explained that the law provides for a mandatory seven-day stay of execution in all appealable High Court rulings.
Speaker Bagbin noted that since the ruling was delivered on November 24, 2025, the stay remains in force until December 1, 2025.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, November 26, Alban Bagbin explained, “The effect of the order, to my understanding, is that the EC is to conduct a rerun election within 30 days, implying that the original declaration of Hon. Matthew Nyindam as winner is invalid and the member is no longer an MP”.
“During this period, the High Court ruling cannot form the basis for the Speaker to instruct the Clerk to notify the Electoral Commission that the Kpandai seat is vacant,” he said.
“I, however, bring to the attention of the House the provisions of the Court of Appeal Rules, 1997 (CI 19) as amended by CI 132, rule 27(3). It provides that there shall be a stay of execution of the judgment or decision appealed against for a period of seven days immediately following the giving of notice of the judgment or decision.”
“Honourable Members, this is not a declaratory order; it is an executive order delivered by the High Court,” Speaker Bagbin added.
Speaker Bagbin’s declaration follows, the Majority in Parliament demanding that Alban Bagbin declare the Kpandai seat vacant following the Tamale High Court’s annulment of the 2024 parliamentary election results of the constituency.
According to the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, precedent was set and laid by how Honourable Gyakye Quayson was treated following a court ordering a rerun in his constituency.
Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor highlighted that Kpandai MP Matthew Nyindam must also step aside from parliamentary duties until the rerun of the election is concluded.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, stated, “Mr Speaker, I’m not raising these matters whimsically because precedent will guide us. Mr Speaker, when the Honourable Gyakye Quayson was ordered by the court that he should go through re-run, Members of this side at the time, mainly led by the now Minority Leader, spoke vociferously against the fact that the Honourable Gyakye Quayson cannot be entertained in this house.
“Eventually, he had to leave. This is a path that we have travelled. Precedent has been set and laid. Nobody can tell us in this house today that the Honourable Nyindam must have a voice today. It won’t happen,” he said.
Meanwhile, 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.