Following the Supreme Court’s nullification of the Kpandai constituency rerun application, the current Member of Parliament, Matthew Nyindam, has conveyed his excitement in light of the court’s ruling.
Mr. Nyindam stated that he feels vindicated after the Supreme Court overturned the High Court’s decision that invalidated his parliamentary election.
His comments come in response to a Supreme Court ruling, which was decided by a 4–1 majority, that annulled the High Court’s judgment, which had declared his victory in the 2024 parliamentary elections null and void.
The apex court supported Mr. Nyindam’s application, determining that the High Court had made a jurisdictional error, thereby reinstating his position as the Member of Parliament for Kpandai.
In reaction to the ruling, the MP remarked that the previous year had been emotionally taxing.
“It’s been hell, to be honest with you, for one year now. I’ve never had peace to work as an MP, but I’ve been enduring it because that’s part of the job,” he stated in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on Joy News’ PM Express bulletin.
He remembered the moment when the High Court in Tamale issued its ruling on November 24, 2025, characterising it as a pivotal moment in his life.
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“I was actually shocked by the decision by the High Court in Tamale, and it changed everything about me,” he stated.
Mr. Nyindam remarked that the legal struggle revealed to him a facet of the nation he had never previously encountered.
“I’ve seen the other side of Ghana, which is the judicial side. Honestly, I’ve never been to court. I’m 50 years old now, and I’ve never been to court. It’s the first time, and I think that is an experience no one wants to go through,” he said.
He further expressed that he would not wish such a trial upon any Member of Parliament.
“I always say that I don’t wish any MP to go through the kind of experience,” he noted.
In defending his electoral success, Nyindam asserted that his victory was both clean and legitimate.
“I won the elections. There’s no dirt. I can tell you I’ve never cheated deliberately in life before,” he said.
He reflected on his political journey in Kpandai, recalling that he first secured the seat in 2013 against considerable challenges.
“You know me very well since 2013, when I was in Parliament. Since 1992, it’s been in the hands of the NDC for 20 years until I came,” he said.
Matthew Nyindam recounted that at that time, he was a classroom teacher running against a sitting MP who had held office for two decades and was also a minister.
“I advertised myself, availed myself to the people, and they elected me against all the odds,” he added.
