By Daniel Gumm
POLITICIANS in Delta State, particularly those that will contest the gubernatorial re-run scheduled for January 6, 2011 have been advised to tow the path of decency and law in the pursuit of their ambitions.

Reacting to the call for Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  to postpone the scheduled Delta State gubernatorial re-run, which deen fixed for January 6,  Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, who is representing the Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said that it was unfortunate that “some individuals will because of their selfish reasons,  arrogate to themselves the exclusive status of dictating to INEC when to conduct the re-run as directed by the Appeal Court, Benin .”

The lawmaker, who spoke to Vanguard, from Asaba,  where he successfully participated in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, screening exercise, said that since the general elections of 2007, the Appeal Courts in the different jurisdictions within the country  had  directed re-run of gubernatorial elections  in different states, which included Bayelsa, Cross River, Adamawa and Kogi, respectively, and that in non of these states was INEC directed by any body to fix dates to suit the whims and caprices of contestants, nor was there any time that political parties ever arrogated to themselves the power to tell INEC when to conduct any of the re-run elections ordered by courts, including re-run elections  conducted into both the federal and states legislatures with INEC fixing dates without any interference.

Reyenieju wondered why all of a  sudden,  a statutory function of INEC (as provided for in law) to fix date for such elections is now mischievously being contested in the press.

He appealed to politicians in Delta State on the need to espouse civility, decency and follow the rules as provided for in the electoral law.