The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Kpandai in the 2024 general election, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, has filed a motion at the Tamale High Court seeking to have the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, cited for contempt.
According to court documents filed by his lawyers, the EC Chair allegedly failed to comply with a High Court order issued on 24 November 2025, which directed the Commission to conduct a fresh parliamentary election in Kpandai within 30 days.
The application states that the EC Chair was officially served with the order on 25 November 2025 but has “shown no sign” of implementing the directive.
“By the conduct of the respondent, it is clear that she has no intention to abide by the court order dated 24 November 2025,” the affidavit supporting the motion reads.
The affidavit further argues that willful disobedience of a lawful court directive constitutes contempt of court.
“The EC chair’s refusal to abide by the order of the court… is contemptuous of this Honourable Court,” it stated, adding that the conduct interferes with the administration of justice.
The motion therefore prays the High Court to convict the EC Chair for contempt over what Wakpal describes as an “obvious disregard” of the court’s ruling.
On 24 November 2025, Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange of the Tamale High Court ordered a fresh parliamentary election in Kpandai within 30 days after ruling on a petition filed by Wakpal challenging the results of the 2024 parliamentary election.
The petition centred on alleged irregularities during voting and result collation, targeting 41 out of 152 polling stations, where discrepancies were said to compromise the integrity of the final outcome.
Wakpal, who served as MP in the eighth parliament, argued that the 7 December 2024 election breached Regulations 39 and 43 of the Public Elections Regulations, 2020 (CI 127).
He sought an annulment of the disputed polling station results and a rerun.
The court upheld his petition, nullifying the contested results and directing the EC to conduct a fresh election to determine the duly elected MP for the constituency.
The ruling overturned the declared victory of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Matthew Nyindam.
