In Katsina, the home state of President Umaru Yar'adua, the atmosphere is already charged two years ahead of the 2011 governorship election.
This is in spite of the advice of the president, during the last special convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, that political campaigns be halted so that elected officers can concentrate on the issues of governance.
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