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The Minority Caucus successful Parliament has said they are committed to the regularisation of instrumentality and judge that the appellate process volition reconstruct assurance successful the antiauthoritarian result delivered by the voters of the Kpandai constituency successful the 2024 parliamentary election.
Reacting to the High Court successful Tamale's ruling connected Monday [Nov 24, 2025] that annulled the full results of the 2024 Parliamentary predetermination and ordered a rerun, the Minority Caucus, successful a connection signed by its leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, expressed disagreement with the tribunal ruling.
According to them, erstwhile the National Democratic Congress campaigner Daniel Nsala Wakpal went to court, his lawsuit focused connected his lack successful Tamale during the collation and connected clerical errors successful 41 retired of 152 polling stations.
To them, during the trial, the main witnesser for the NDC stated that the full votes successful contention were astir 500 and that adjacent if the tribunal had awarded each 500 votes to the NDC candidate, helium would inactive person mislaid by much than 3,000 votes.
To them, contempt this wide position, the Tamale High Court has nullified the full results and ordered a rerun successful the constituency.
They indicated that the court's determination raises concerns due to the fact that the facts did not enactment the ruling.
That is wherefore they person issued and filed a announcement of entreaty and an exertion for a enactment of execution.
Explaining, they said the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Matthew Nyindam won the predetermination with a quality of 3,734 votes, polling 27,947 against the 24,213 secured by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal.
The caucus argued that the NDC campaigner challenged the result connected grounds of his lack from Tamale and clerical inconsistencies successful 41 polling stations.
Attached beneath is simply a transcript of the statement
STATEMENT ON THE HIGH COURT RULING NULLIFYING THE PANDAI CONSTITUENCY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
The Minority Caucus wishes to clarify the facts surrounding the 2024 parliamentary predetermination successful the Kpandai Constituency and caller developments that person followed.
The records amusement a transparent process, a credible declaration, and a effect that reflected the volition of the people. It is important for the nationalist to person a afloat knowing of what occurred before, during and aft the collation.
Mathew Nyindam won the parliamentary predetermination with a borderline of 3,734 votes.
After the NDC secured the statesmanlike results, the NDC parliamentary candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, gathered a radical of supporters who arrived astatine the collation centre successful a Mahindra pickup wearing NDC T-shirts.
They damaged immoderate ballot boxes successful an effort to interrupt the collation, believing that the Electoral Commission would not person the pinkish sheets required to implicit the declaration.
The hostility that followed created superior information risks.
This led the Electoral Commission to determination the last declaration to its determination bureau successful Tamale. All NDC agents had already signed the pinkish sheets astatine each polling presumption crossed the constituency, confirming the accuracy of the results.
When Wakpal realised that helium had mislaid the election, helium refused to spell to Tamale for the collation. The Electoral Commission continued with its enactment and declared Mathew Nyindam the victor with 27,947 votes, portion Nsala secured 24,213 votes.
Wakpal aboriginal challenged the results successful court. His lawsuit focused connected his lack successful Tamale and connected clerical errors successful 41 retired of 152 polling stations. During the trial, the main witnesser for the NDC stated that the full votes successful contention were astir 500. Even if the tribunal had awarded each 500 votes to the NDC candidate, helium would inactive person mislaid by much than 3,000 votes.
Despite this wide position, the Tamale High Court has nullified the full results and ordered a rerun successful the constituency.
This determination raises concerns due to the fact that the facts did not enactment the ruling.
A announcement of entreaty and an exertion for a enactment of execution person some been filed.
The Kandai parliamentary predetermination was conducted successful a transparent manner.
The results reflected the prime of the people.
The Minority Caucus remains committed to the regularisation of instrumentality and believes that the appellate process volition reconstruct assurance successful the antiauthoritarian result delivered by the voters of Kpandai.
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