The Benue State Governor, SAMUEL ORTOM has said that if the insecurity challenges in the country persist, the 2023 elections will not hold.

Governor ORTOM stated this when he visited President MUHAMMADU BUHARI at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Briefing journalists after meeting with the President, the Governor disclosed that the nation is sitting on a keg of gun powder without meaningful progress being made on the issue of security.   

Governor ORTOM also appealed to everyone not to politicize the issue of attempted assassination on his person following reports alleging that attacks on his convoy was a fake claim. 

He made the emphasis that the attack on his convoy by about 15 gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, while on a visit to his farm was not stage-managed.