A man believed to be affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Akwasi, has been killed after he was allegedly attacked by a swarm of bees in the Kpandai district of the Northern Region.
Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE, indicates that the deceased was chased by the bees while he was riding a motorbike, causing him to crash into a nearby gutter due to the severe bites of the bees.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the hospital for preservation and autopsy.
Initially, the deceased was described as an NDC executive who participated in a meeting organised by some national executives to unite the party ahead of the Kpandai parliamentary rerun slated for December 30, 2025.
However, the Kpandai NDC Communication Officer, Gregory Anijadong, at a press conference, clarified that the deceased was not an executive of the party, claiming that he was not attacked at the meeting venue.
He, however, indicated that indeed the NDC branch executives in the region held a meeting ahead of the parliamentary election to be rerun in the constituency, but none of the members were involved in the bee attack.
“The NDC gathered with branch executives from 152 polling stations. Contrary to circulating reports, the meeting concluded successfully. Tragically, an individual, not an NDC executive, lost his life in an unfortunate motor accident involving bees while on his way home after a meeting. The deceased was reportedly representing his community chief at a separate meeting called by the overlord of Kpandai, Nana Atorsah Bristiam Okori II,” he claimed.
Meanwhile, some persons have alleged that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) brought three Mallams from Niger who lodged close to the meeting grounds of the NDC and allegedly invoked the deadly bees to disrupt the meeting.
Kpandai Election Rerun
The 2024 Kpandai Parliamentary Election saw Matthew Nyindam, representing the New Patriotic Party, declared winner with 27,947 votes (53.47%) against Daniel Nsala Wakpal of the National Democratic Congress, who garnered 24,213 votes (46.33%).
The NDC candidate challenged the December 7, 2024 parliamentary election results at a High Court in Tamale.
The High Court judgement, delivered on November 24, 2025, had annulled the entire Kpandai election and ordered a rerun within 30 days.
Following the court’s judgement, the Clerk of Parliament on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, declared the Kpandai seat as vacant through a formal notification to the Electoral Commission (EC).
The EC then announced a rerun of the Kpandai Constituency Parliamentary Election on December 30, 2025.
In a press release signed by the EC Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Fred Tetteh, the Commission stated that the rerun will be contested only by the three candidates who participated in the original 2024 Parliamentary Election for the Kpandai Constituency.
Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Kpandai Constituency, Matthew Nyindam, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to quash the judgement of the High Court, Commercial Division in Tamale, which annulled his parliamentary election victory.
FROM Eric Kombat