‘Mathew Nyindam is still your MP’ — Afenyo-Markin reminds Kpandai constituents
Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader, has maintained that Mathew Nyindam, the Member of Parliament for Kpandai, remains the legitimate representative for the constituency, notwithstanding a recent court ruling that ordered a re-run of the 2024 parliamentary elections.
A Tamale High Court, on Monday, November 24, 2025, annulled the Kpandai parliamentary results and directed the Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election, due to several anomalies in the 2024 polls.
The Majority Caucus subsequently urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to declare the Kpandai seat vacant, in line with the court’s decision.
On the floor of Parliament, Majority Chief Whip Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor referenced past events and called for the MP’s removal from the chamber.
“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. Precedent has been set and laid. Nobody can tell us in this house today that the Honourable Nyindam must have a voice today. It won’t happen,” he said.
However, addressing journalists in Parliament, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, dismissed that request, insisting that Mr. Nyindam continues to hold his seat until all legal processes are fully exhausted.
“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.
He argued that until the court’s decision is finalised and due procedure is followed, Mr. Nyindam’s status as MP remains unchanged.
