The Minority in Parliament is accusing the Tamale High Court of frustrating efforts to challenge a ruling that annulled the 2024 parliamentary results in the Kpandai Constituency. The concern follows the court’s delay in releasing its written judgment, which is needed to activate the appeal process.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin in a statement shared on Monday, December 1, 2025, said the presiding judge, Justice Emmanuel Bart Plange Brew, promised to make the full judgment available on Friday, November 28, but the deadline passed without explanation.
Justice Plange Brew had last week set aside the entire Kpandai parliamentary election and directed that a fresh poll be conducted within 30 days. The ruling raised immediate questions from the Minority, which argued that the petition before the court challenged results in only 41 polling stations, not all 152 across the constituency.
Afenyo-Markin said the situation has now escalated beyond a procedural delay, claiming it is preventing NPP MP Mathew Nyindam from exercising his right to appeal the ruling. He noted that Nyindam’s lawyers submitted two formal requests for a certified copy of the judgment on November 24 and 28, but both remain unanswered.
“Without the written judgment, the MP cannot prosecute his appeal, the Electoral Commission cannot properly act on the directive, and the public is left in the dark about the legal grounds for nullifying an entire constituency’s decision,” the statement read.
He warned that the continued silence from the court risks eroding confidence in judicial transparency, especially given that the ruling affects the composition of Parliament and removes an elected representative from office.
The Minority is urging Justice Plange Brew to promptly release the full judgment and address all pending applications, stressing that the legitimacy of Ghana’s constitutional order depends on due process and timely judicial action.
Meanwhile, Nyindam has already filed a notice of appeal alongside an application for a stay of execution of the High Court’s order. Both actions remain on hold until the written ruling is made available.