Nigeria, March 5 -- A lot of factors will determine choices when voters in Kaduna State throng out on Saturday, March 9, to elect a governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years.

Although the Independent National Electoral Commission cleared 36 candidates for the election, the race is expected to be between two parties: the All Progressives Congress fielding the incumbent governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) represented by Isa Ashiru.

For Mr Ashiru, the battle to clinching the party's ticket was a tough one.

The former member of the House of Representatives defeated heavyweights in the party to emerge candidate in the primary.

He defeated the lawmaker representing Kaduna North Sen...