The Supreme Court has adjourned its ruling on whether to quash the High Court Judgment annulling the parliamentary result for Kpandai in the Northern Region to January 28, 2026.
The postponement follows further consideration of issues raised in the case, with the court expected to deliver its definitive ruling on the new date.
Lawyers for New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Matthew Nyindam, argued that the Tamale High Court acted without jurisdiction.
They argued that the Kpandai parliamentary election was gazetted on December 24, 2024.
However, Lawyers for Mr Nsala Wakpal have strongly opposed the application.
They maintained that the High Court acted within its constitutional mandate.
Also, the Electoral Commission has acknowledged the existence of multiple Gazette notifications and detailed that the different Gazette numbers reflected different batches of constituencies.
The case was adjourned to January 28, 2026, with the order suspending the re-run still in force.
It will be recalled that the Supreme Court last year, 2025, ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to halt all proceedings and activities leading to the conduct of the Kpandai parliamentary rerun.
The court directed the EC to suspend all proceedings pending the final determination of a case before the court.
The Supreme Court decision puts a hold on preparations by the EC for the rerun election until the legal issues surrounding the matter are fully resolved.
This follows the Tamale High Court’s order on November 24, 2025, which 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.
Out of court, the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) had earlier announced the Kpandai Parliamentary election rerun would be held on Tuesday, December 30.
In a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Research Mr Fred Tetteh read, “The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that following the Tamale High Court’s ruling on Monday, 24th November, 2025, ordering a rerun of the “Kpandai Constituency Parliamentary Election within thirty (30) days” and upon receipt of a letter from the Clerk to Parliament on Tuesday, 9th December, 2025, formally notifying the Commission of the occurrence of a vacancy in the Membership of Parliament, the seat of the Constituency in Parliament has become vacant.
The Electoral Commission will hold a rerun of the Parliamentary Election in the Kpandai Constituency on Tuesday, 30th December, 2025.
The rerun of the Kpandai Constituency Parliamentary Election will be conducted for only the three (3) Candidates who contested the 2024 Parliamentary Election in the said Constituency”.
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The Supreme Court has adjourned its final judgment on the Kpandai parliamentary rerun election to January 28, 2026.
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) January 13, 2026
The postponement follows further consideration of issues raised in the case, with the court expected to deliver its definitive ruling on the new date. pic.twitter.com/ZwlccnLmdI