The Supreme Court has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend all preparations towards a proposed parliamentary rerun in the Kpandai Constituency.

The order, issued on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, will remain in force pending the final determination of a judicial review application challenging a High Court decision that annulled the 2024 parliamentary election results.

The apex court held that the applicant, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate Matthew Nyindam, had established a prima facie case in his bid to overturn the judgment delivered by the Tamale High Court on November 24, 2025.

The Tamale High Court had earlier nullified Nyindam’s election following a petition filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal. In response, the EC announced plans to conduct a rerun election in the constituency.

However, the Supreme Court’s intervention has effectively put those plans on hold.

At the hearing, counsel for the applicant, Gary Nimako Marfo, informed the court that the first interested party, Wakpal, had not been served with the judicial review application. He therefore applied for substituted service.

After hearing arguments from counsel, the five-member panel, presided over by Justice Pwamang, granted the request.

The court ordered that service be effected by posting the processes at the respondent’s residence in Kpandai, on the notice boards of the Tamale High Court and the Kpandai District Court, and by sending the documents via WhatsApp to a phone number confirmed to belong to him.

The court further directed that the documents remain posted for seven days, after which service would be deemed duly effected.

In a related order, the court directed the EC, represented by Justin Amenuvor, to suspend all actions towards conducting the election until the matter is finally determined.

The case has been adjourned to January 13, 2026.