The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has sharply criticised the Tamale High Court’s decision ordering a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election.

Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, he described the ruling as legally unsound and deeply troubling.

High Court orders rerun of Kpandai parliamentary election

“He’s fixed a date for judgment, no matter what; he’s supposed to deliver a judgment, yet he decided to stay away from determining the matter because a party decided belatedly to file a notice of withdrawal of the case,” Afenyo-Markin lamented.

He argued that the court’s subsequent directive for a complete rerun of all 152 polling stations defies ordinary legal reasoning.

The Effutu MP further alleged that the NDC candidate and his supporters were aware of the judgment in advance.

Kpandai MP speaks on High Court's election rerun decision

“The NDC candidate and his supporters were aware of the judgment before the day, to the extent that on the day of the set judgment, the regional minister led a team of NDC party faithfuls into the courtroom, anticipating the expected results, the result that they were going to have judgment in their favour. The judge, who spent minutes, walked out of the courtroom claiming that his judgment would be ready on Friday. Meanwhile, in less than 24 hours, a court order was being sent to Parliament and Honorable Nyindam,” Afenyo-Markin alleged.

Questioning the integrity of the process, the Minority Leader asked, “What kind of kangaroo judicial system do we have now in Ghana?”

He also warned that actions by the judiciary could threaten national stability.

“The judiciary must know that their actions and inactions to serve the interests of whoever their paymaster is have the tendency of destroying our peaceful republic,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin stressed that the Minority would not be silenced.

“We will not mince words. They can conspire to call us one by one for a so-called contempt of court. We are criticising their shameful conduct. We are not afraid. We are ready to be in Nsawam for their so-called contempt. The world will see their disgraceful conduct. We will not sit aloof and allow them to undermine the very rule of law that they are supposed to protect. How can a judge who calls himself a judge sit in court and misconduct himself in such a manner?” he added.

The Tamale High Court had ordered a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days from Monday, November 24, 2025.

The ruling followed a petition filed by the 2024 National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who challenged the validity of the 2024 election results.

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