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The Supreme Court, by a majority decision of four to one, has overturned a ruling by the Tamale High Court which nullified the parliamentary election results for the Kpandai Constituency.
In its decision delivered on Tuesday, the apex court held that the Tamale High Court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the election petition filed by the defeated National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate. The court ruled that the petition was filed outside the mandatory statutory time limit prescribed by law.
The case reached the Supreme Court following a judicial review application filed by Lawyer Gary Nimako, Director of Legal Affairs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who challenged the High Court’s authority to entertain the petition.
By quashing the High Court’s decision, the Supreme Court has effectively cancelled the proposed parliamentary election rerun in the Kpandai Constituency.
The ruling affirms the election of the NPP’s Mathew Nyindam as the duly elected Member of Parliament for Kpandai, bringing finality to the legal dispute surrounding the constituency’s 2024 parliamentary election outcome.
The decision is expected to have broader implications for the enforcement of statutory timelines in the filing of election petitions across the country.
More to come.
Yaw Boagyan
