Afenyo-Markin hit hard at the judiciary after Kpandai election annulment
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has sharply criticized Ghana’s judiciary, accusing it of acting to please political interests after the Tamale High Court overturned the 2024 parliamentary results for the Kpandai Constituency.
The court on Monday upheld a challenge by NDC candidate Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who claimed that the December 7, 2024 election was riddled with major irregularities. The judge subsequently ordered that the election be conducted again within 30 days — a decision that has provoked strong objections from the Minority.
Speaking to the media in Parliament on Wednesday, November 26, Afenyo-Markin condemned the court’s actions as “shameful,” alleging that judges were dancing to the tune of their “paymasters.”
He warned that the judiciary’s behaviour threatens the nation’s stability.
“The judiciary must understand that their actions, serving whoever their paymaster is, risk tearing apart our peaceful republic. We won’t hold back. They can call us one by one for so-called contempt; we are ready to go to Nsawam if they wish. The world will witness their disgrace,” he declared.
Afenyo-Markin also criticized the manner in which the ruling was delivered, describing it as unprecedented and legally disturbing.
He questioned how a judge could issue such an important directive without providing a full written judgment.
“There were no written reasons, no findings of fact, no legal analysis, just a bare order to the public. Yet a whole constituency is being told to return to the polls,” he argued.
Although acknowledging that courts can sometimes issue decisions with detailed reasoning to follow, he stressed that this practice is inappropriate in a case with such significant political and democratic implications.
“I am an experienced lawyer. Yes, reasons sometimes come later, but that is rare, and it is unacceptable when the stakes are this high.”
The Effutu MP further alleged that the NDC appeared to have advance knowledge of the ruling before it was formally announced, raising additional concerns about fairness and transparency.
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