The Supreme Court has granted an order for substituted service on the NDC candidate in Kpandai, Daniel Nsala Wakpal.
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 order was granted on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 after lawyers for Kpandai MP Matthew Nyindam notified the apex court that it had been unable to serve the NDC candidate, Daniel Wakpal and prayed for an order for substituted service.
The substituted service will be made through his (NDC candidate) WhatsApp message, the Tamale High Court notice board, at the Supreme Court and also at his residence in Kpandai.
Speaking to the media after the court ruling on Tuesday, the lawyers for Matthew Nyindam led by former Deputy Information Minister, Fatimatu Abubakar said “Also, the honourable court has ordered that we serve Mr. Nsala Wakpal, the NDC parliamentary candidate by substituted service through his WhatsApp message, the Tamale High Court notice board, at the Supreme Court and also at his residence in Kpandai.
“So, we are most grateful to the Supreme Court and we look forward to making our case in the subsequent sitting of the court set on January 13, 2026.”
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.
