Deputy Director of Elections and IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer has dismissed claim that the party’s parliamentary candidate in Kpandai, Daniel Nsala Wakpal has been evading being served by the court.
In court on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the Supreme Court granted an order by lawyers of Matthew Nyindam (NPP candidate) to serve Daniel Wakpal through a substituted service after they noted that they have been unable to serve the NDC candidate.
Speaking in an interview on Ghana Tonight, Tuesday, December 16, Rashid Tanko Computer said contrary to the claim by Matthew Nyindam’s lawyers, the NDC candidate is not dodging service by the court.
He argued that the applicant being Matthew Nyindam and his lawyers are rather “lazy” and have made no effort to serve Daniel Wakpal.
He noted that the NDC candidate has been campaigning in the constituency and in the full glare of the public, hence, the claim he is hiding from being served cannot be true.
“Our candidate has not been dodging service. He is a responsible young man. He has been busy campaigning in the constituency even as far back as about three days ago when we had 152 branches meeting, he was present in the meeting, he is not hiding.
“It is just that the applicants, I will describe them as lazy people. You have seen the person, you know him very well, the person has attended our meeting and he is in the full glare of the people and yet you go to court and tell them that you didn’t see him,” he stated.
Mr. Tanko Computer stressed that the NDC was the first to bring the matter to the Tamale High Court as far back in January and pursued it till November.
For him, the party is interested in the resolution of the case and so will not evade any court summons.
Rashid Tanko Computer noted that the party will carry on with its campaign activities in Kpandai despite the suspension of the rerun by the Supreme Court.
“In any case, this suspension has not stopped us from pursuing our agenda of campaigning. We are busy campaigning and our teams are on the ground,” he added.
The Supreme Court also ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend all arrangements being made for the rerun of Kpandai elections pending the determination of all processes before the court.
The Supreme Court subsequently adjourned the matter to January 13, 2026, for further hearing.
The Tamale High Court had ordered a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary election within 30 days from today Monday, November 24. The decision of the High Court judge, His Lordship Emmanuel Brew Plange, was due to irregularities in the voting and collation processes that undermined the credibility of the outcome.
The petition alleged irregularities in the voting and collation processes that undermined the credibility of the outcome.
According to Wakpal, the parliamentary election held in the Kpandai constituency on December 7 was invalid. He argued that there were irregularities and inconsistencies in FORM 8A (Regulation 32(7) and 39(2) Statement of Polls for the Office of Member of Parliament — Pink Sheet) for 41 polling stations out of the 152 polling stations in the constituency.
“The declaration and publication of the parliamentary election results held in the Kpandai constituency on 7th December 2024 were not made in compliance with Regulations 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (C.I 127) and the principles laid down by Regulations 43, and that the said non-compliance affected the entire results of the parliamentary elections in the Kpandai constituency.”
Lawyers of Nyindam filed notice of appeal and a stay of execution against the decision of the High Court ordering a rerun of the parliamentary elections.
