The battle for the soul of Delta State in the just-concluded transitional elections didn't come as a surprise to many as there were conspiracies of attacks on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state as many, including greenhorns in the field of realpolitik, who threw hats into the rings in their bid to succeed the incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, author of the S.M.A.R.T Delta agenda.