By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba
UNCERTAINTY has pervaded the political landscape of the oil rich Delta State since Monday when the Supreme Court reinstated former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Martin Okonta as both the executive and the state legislature seemed to be confused on the implication of the  reinstatement. Already the reinstatement has generated heat leading to  high wire politics.

The state House of Assembly, which earlier adjourned sitting to Tuesday last week, did not sit either. And also the next day, Wednesday,  when it shifted its sitting, the House did  not sit again while further sitting has  been adjourned to 21st of this month through text messages sent to members of the House.

Whilst some political pundits posit that since Okonta was  removed by the judgment of the Court of Appeal which had been upturned, he has been given a clean slate to  return back to the House maintaining the status quo. And in that situation, this same school of thought said that “he would automatically assume the office of the Speaker since  he was not impeached and invariably clamour to be sworn in as acting Governor since the lot has fallen on him thereby displacing the incumbent acting governor Sam Obi.

But another school of thought said Okonta was merely elected as a member representing Ika South and did into come to the House with the toga of a Speaker, “so if he  resumes, he remains as the Ika South representative”.

But speaking in a telephone interview from Abuja yesterday,  Okonta said “please tell those speculating the rumour that I am not coming to the House to become the acting Governor.

That is not my mission. My mission is to go there and  represent my people Ika South constituency. All through my legal battle I never said I was fighting for governorship so tell those enemies of progress that it is not true that I am fighting to become the acting governor, please tell them they should stop overheating the polity. I went to test the law. I told my colleagues then that I was stepping aside so I am back”.