It would appear that the  dust is gradually settling down over which of the three senatorial districts in Delta State will attract the coveted apex political office in the state.

Also noteworthy is the drop in the number of aspirants gunning for the gubernatorial seat of the State from the Delta North senatorial district  compared with the dearth of aspirants from the Central, and even the senatorial district of the incumbent Governor.

Indeed, majority of political office seekers from the Central and Southern zones seem to have nodded to the robust supplications of their brothers and sisters in the North in time with the conventional principles of power shift advocated by the founding fathers of the  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, since the birth of the foremost oil-rich Delta State, 23 years ago.

However, what baffles political pundits is that in spite of the magnanimity being demonstrated by the relatively more politically conscious Urhobo, itsekiri, Ijaw and Isoko Nationalities in this knotty political decision, it seems that there is no corresponding spirit of give and take among the beneficiaries in the North.

Apart from the flagrant violation of the electoral regulations exhibited through the myriads of posters conspicuously pasted not only in unauthorised premises but also at a time when posters were not supposed to be seen.

In addition, its unbelievable that uptill the moment of this write-up there is no indication that the political leaders from the three ethnic components of the Delta North senatorial district have initiated at any point in time efforts at ensuring the continuation of the power which the centre and the south had passionately shifted to it in an amicable, peaceful and equitable manner.

Recall that during the first and second tenures of Senator Patrick Osakwe, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa who has remained a powerful instrument as chairman of the senator committee on health in the on-going Nation-wide federal government transformation in the health sector , played a pivotal role as manager of the Osakwe campaign organization.

It was during this that the Ndokwa people promised to relinquish political power to Ika or to Aniocha-Oshumili after senator Osakwe’s trenure.

This is an example of the type  of political spirit of give and take being canvassed by this writer. When eventually Senator Okowa indicated his interest to run for the Senate after Senator Osakwe’s two tenures, the people of Ndokwa federal constituency pushed forward their leader and son under the auspices of the mouth piece of rural dwellers led by this writer to reciprocate Dr Okowa’s political magnanimity honorably withdrawing from the race which he did as a listening leader.

This writer went further to publish an article in the Pointer newspaper titled “The battle for the Delta North senatorial district” in which I appealed rather vehemently to all political aspirants of Ndokwa extraction at that time to step down for Senator Okowa as any contractor action “would be tantamount to an in-ordinate political ambition’. Perhaps such aspirants could as well have been conspiring to subject the Ika political elite to the statues of perpetual crumb pickers.

As of now, there is at least one or two aspirants for the gubernatorial seat from each of the three federal constituency of Delta North Senatorial District. How many of us, including the aspirants themselves, have paused to take a stock of the history of the pattern of political power in that district ranging from senatorial positions to ministerial appointment, Deputy Governor’s office, extra-ministerial and Judicial appointment as well as the general authoritative allocation of resources or dividends of democracy in the area.

The conventional principle of second tenure has become institutionalised in the organisation of most African political parties, hence the likes of President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Ossai N. Ossai of Ndokwa Federal Constituency and Comrade Friday Osanebi of Ndokwa East House of Assembly of Delta State, deserve their second tenure also by virtue of their performances.

Going by speculations filtering from the political vineyard of Delta State, one of the most popular gubernatorial aspirants may have been discouraged to abandon his second tenure to enable another Federal constituency to take the slot leaving the third Federal constituency to remain the perpetual political crumb picker.

This conspiracy is equally facing an uphill risk of hatching a still chicken due to the perceived obsession of the core Delta people with the oil-rich perpetual crumb picker whose household includes the Urhobos, the Ijaws, the Isokos, and even the Iweres.

UCHE NWADIALOR, a former member of the House of Assembly, wrote from Asaba