Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has reaffirmed the status of Kpandai MP Mathew Nyindam.
He insists Mr. Nyindam remains the legitimately elected representative for the constituency.
This is despite a recent court ruling ordering a re-run of the 2024 election.
On Monday, November 24, 2025, the Tamale High Court delivered its ruling.
The court annulled the Kpandai parliamentary election results.
It also instructed the Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election.
The decision followed what the court described as several anomalies in the 2024 polls.
Following the ruling, the Majority Caucus took a strong position.
They called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to act immediately.
They want the Kpandai seat declared vacant in line with the court order.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Majority Chief Whip Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor backed this demand.
He referred to previous events to justify the removal of the Kpandai MP.
“Mr. Speaker, I’m not raising these matters whimsically because precedent will guide us. Mr Speaker, when the Honourable Gyakye Quayson was ordered by the court that go through a re-run, members of this side at the time, mainly led by the now Minority Leader, spoke vociferously against the fact that the Honourable Gyakye Quayson cannot be entertained in this house.
“Eventually, he had to leave. This is a path that we have travelled. Nobody can tell us in this house today that the Honourable Nyindam must have a voice today. It won’t happen,” he said.
However, the Minority side disagrees with this position.
Addressing journalists in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin rejected the call.
He insisted that Mr. Nyindam still holds his seat in full.
“Let me speak directly to the people of Kpandai: your Member of Parliament remains the sitting MP for the Kpandai Constituency. He remains a full Member of Parliament and a proud member of the Minority Caucus and the NPP,” Mr. Afenyo-Markin stated.
Mr. Afenyo argued that the court’s decision is not yet final.
Until that process is completed, Mr. Nyindam’s status as MP remains unchanged.
