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The Minority Caucus in Parliament has issued a detailed statement clarifying events surrounding the 2024 parliamentary election in the Kpandai Constituency, insisting that the process was transparent, credible, and reflective of the will of the people.
The statement, signed by the Minority Leader, Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, outlines what it describes as the true sequence of events before, during, and after the collation of results, while expressing concern over the recent High Court decision nullifying the election.
According to the minority, Hon. Mathew Nyindam of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won the parliamentary contest by 3,734 votes, securing 27,947 votes against the 24,213 votes obtained by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Hon. Daniel Nsala Wakpal.
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The press release recounts that after the NDC secured the presidential results in the constituency, Hon. Wakpal allegedly mobilised supporters who arrived at the collation centre in a Mahindra pickup truck, wearing NDC-branded T-shirts.
According to the Minority, the group “damaged some ballot boxes in an attempt to interrupt the collation,” under the belief that the Electoral Commission (EC) lacked the pink sheets needed to complete the final declaration.
The incident reportedly heightened tensions and created significant security risks at the centre.
Due to the unrest, the Electoral Commission relocated the final declaration of results to its regional office in Tamale. All NDC agents, the minority notes, had already signed pink sheets at every polling station, confirming the accuracy of the recorded results.
However, Hon. Wakpal is said to have refused to proceed to Tamale for the collation after realising he had lost the parliamentary contest.
The EC subsequently declared Hon. Nyindam the duly elected Member of Parliament for the Kpandai Constituency.
Hon. Wakpal later filed a petition challenging the election, citing his absence in Tamale and clerical errors identified in 41 out of 152 polling stations.
During the trial, the Minority says, the NDC’s main witness claimed that the total votes in contention were approximately 500—a number insufficient to overturn the more than 3,000-vote margin.
Despite this, the Tamale High Court annulled the results and ordered a rerun, a decision the Minority describes as troubling and inconsistent with the established facts.
A notice of appeal and an application for a stay of execution have already been filed.
The Caucus maintains that the Kpandai election was conducted in a “transparent and accountable manner”, with results that “reflected the choice of the people”.
It added that the minority remains committed to upholding the rule of law and is confident that the appeals process will restore the democratic mandate delivered by the electorate.
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