Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has denied Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s accusations that the High Court judge in Tamale who presided over the Kpandai election petition engaged in misconduct.
The Minority Leader, he said, was peddling untruths and attempting to throw an innocent judge ‘under the bus’ for political gain.
Addressing the press in Parliament on Friday, Dafeamekpor said the High Court on November 24, 2025, delivered a clear judgment ordering a re-run of the Kpandai parliamentary election, citing violence and multiple infractions.
He stressed that the Minority Leader’s claim that Hon. Matthew Nyindam could not file an appeal because there was no full judgment was false.
“A notice of appeal containing three grounds had already been filed at 10:04 a.m., barely eight minutes after the judgment. If you don’t have the judgment, how do you file grounds of appeal? He filed it because he had access to the orders,” Dafeamekpor stated.
He disclosed that Nyindam had already filed a notice of appeal, a motion for stay of execution, and supporting affidavits and exhibits.
According to him, the stay of execution has been fixed for a hearing on December 17, 2025, and he insisted that Afenyo-Markin misled the House when he claimed the judge acted improperly.
“The Minority Leader peddled falsehoods. There is a certain attempt to run the High Court judge under the bus. Do not allow it. We have documents to prove everything we are saying,” he warned.
The Minority Leader, according to Hon. Dafeamekpor, was creating an impression that the court had incapacitated Nyindam, which was completely untrue.
He suggested that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is confused and dazed after losing the judgment, and urged them to focus on campaigning rather than attacking judges.
He declared, “The battleground is Kpandai. Not Parliament. Not press conferences. We are on the ground working. They should leave their comfort zone and face the people.”
Dafeamekpor touted the government’s development programs, including job recruitment drives for youth into the army, police, immigration, and other security agencies.
“These are the policies we are taking to Kpandai, not falsehoods and attacks on judges,” he added.
Referencing past court rulings against MPs, including the case of Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, who was barred from accessing Parliament, Dafeamekpor noted that the Majority could have taken a harsher position.
“We also have blood running through our veins. But we are reasonable. We are tolerant,” he said.
He praised Speaker Bagbin’s handling of the issue, emphasising that the automatic stay of execution provided under the law has already taken effect, and urged journalists to scrutinize the facts and avoid being swayed by political narratives.
