The March 18, 2023, governorship election in Kaduna State will be keenly contested between the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Isa Ashiru and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Uba Sani.
Ashiru contested against the incumbent governor, Mallam Nasir El-rufai of APC who defeated him in 2019.
But the 2023 governorship election soon to take place in Kaduna, the political capital of the north, is seen as strategic and interesting because of antecedents of political actors behind each of the two candidates of the political parties.
Already, politics in the state has divided people along ethnic and religious lines, as some muslims had vowed that the APC governorship candidate who rode on Muslim-muslim ticket would be supported irrespective of past mistakes.
On the other hand, Christians in the state had also vowed to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Hon. Ashiru who decided to run, based on a Muslim-Christian ticket. They believe there are two Major religions – Christians, Muslims in the state, and vowed to support a candidate with the interest of the two religions at heart.